Bauwaki language
Bauwaki | |
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Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 520 (2000 census)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bwk |
Glottolog | bauw1241 |
Bauwaki (Bawaki) is a Papuan language of New Guinea, sometimes classified as a member of the Mailuan family. It is 70% lexically similar to Abia of the Yareban family. Dutton (1971) proposed it to be a 'bridge' between the Mailuan and Yareban language families.[1] O'oku, either a dialect or a closely related language, is similarly lexically 60% Yareban.
References
- ^ a b Bauwaki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ New Guinea World, Owen Stanley Range
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