Bayono-Awbono is a small cluster of Papuan languages spoken in Papua province, Indonesia, south of the Somahai languages, within the Awyu-Ok group of the Trans-New Guinea family. Documentation remains sparse, consisting mainly of a few hundred words recorded during first-contact fieldwork by Wilbrink in 2004 and Hischier in 2006, and the cluster comprises four varieties, Bayono, Awbono, Densar and Kovojab.
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Classification Confidence RegionPapua Province, Indonesia 2 In the Other Atlases
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1. Glottolog: Bayono-Awbono (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 2
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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Papua Province, Indonesia
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