Bauwaki language

Bauwaki
Region	Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	520 (2000 census)^[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Mailuan Bauwaki
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bwk`
Glottolog	`bauw1241`^[2]

Bauwaki (Bawaki) is a Papuan language of New Guinea, apparently 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

1 2 Bauwaki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bauwaki–Ooku". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Southeast Papuan languages

Koiarian	Grass Koiari Mountain Koiari Koitabu Barai Namiae Ese Ömie

Kwalean	Humene Uare Mulaha

Manubaran	Doromu Maria

Yareban	Moikodi Aneme Wake Bariji Nawaru Yareba

Mailuan	Bauwaki Domu Binahari Morawa Mailu Laua

Dagan	Daga Mapena Maiwa Dima Ginuman Kanasi Onjob Umanakaina Turaka.

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