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Bayono
Enamesi, Swesu; Densar
Region Papua Province, Indonesia: Eilanden-Steenboom River area
Native speakers
300 (2020) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 byl
Glottolog bayo1260
ELP Bayono

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

  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