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Bayono language

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Bayono
Enamesi, Swesu; Densar
RegionPapua Province, Indonesia: Eilanden-Steenboom River area
Native speakers
300 (2020)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3byl
Glottologbayo1260
ELPBayono

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)[2] and Hischier (2006).[3]

A Bayono word list from Jacky Menanti is published in Wilbrink (2004).[2]

Kovojab may be closely related.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Bayono at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ Hischier, Phyllis (2006). Exploration of the Remote Kopayap and Urajin Areas in West Papua, Indonesia: A First Contact in Kopayap and Urajin. Manuscript.
  4. ^ Wilbrink, Ans 2004 in Glottolog 4.1