Bayono
bahasa Bayono
Bayono is a Bayono-Awbono language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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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) and Hischier (2006).
A Bayono word list from Jacky Menanti is published in Wilbrink (2004).
Kovojab may be closely related.
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Words in Bayono
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | kwe* | |
| name | pi* | |
| eye | suki* | |
| ear | koboka* | |
| nose | Ewont3mu* | |
| tooth | Ebi* | |
| tongue | tibu* | |
| blood | t3roh* | |
| bone | kuru* | |
| skin | kha* | |
| knee | tEk3ru* | |
| breast | ama* | |
| liver | uw* | |
| water | ox* | |
| fire | wanto* | |
| sun | 3biN* | |
| star | misah* | |
| stone | tu* | |
| mountain | abunu* | |
| tree | nox* | |
| leaf | no7abi* | |
| night | gurego* | |
| dog | tih* | |
| fish | qa* | |
| louse | yari* | |
| I | nu* | |
| you | gu* | |
| we | nib* | |
| drink | 3erehne* | |
| see | ale* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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