Bayono language explained

Bayono
Also Known As:Enamesi, Swesu; Densar
Region:Papua Province, Indonesia: Eilanden-Steenboom River area
Speakers:300
Date:2020
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Papuan
Glotto:bayo1260
Glottorefname:Bayono
Iso3:byl

Bayono (Enamesi, Swesu) is a Papuan language spoken in the highlands of Papua Province, Indonesia. All that is known of Bayono is a few hundred words recorded in first-contact situations recorded in Wilbrink (2004)[1] and Hischier (2006).[2]

A Bayono word list from Jacky Menanti is published in Wilbrink (2004).[1]

Kovojab may be closely related.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Wilbrink, Ans (2004). The Kopkaka of Papua: Provisional notes on their language, its language affiliation and on the Kopkaka culture. MA thesis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
  2. Hischier, Phyllis (2006). Exploration of the Remote Kopayap and Urajin Areas in West Papua, Indonesia: A First Contact in Kopayap and Urajin. Manuscript.
  3. https://glottolog.org/resource/reference/id/310961 Wilbrink, Ans 2004

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