Dibiyaso language
| Dibiyaso | |
|---|---|
| Bainapi | |
| Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2000 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
dby |
| Glottolog |
dibi1240[2] |
Dibiyaso AKA Bainapi is an unclassified Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. It is sometimes linked to Bosavi, but the resemblances appear to be loans.[2]
There is 19% lexical cognacy with Turumsa, suggesting it may prove to be a Doso–Turumsa language.[3]
References
- ↑ Dibiyaso at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- 1 2 Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Dibiyaso". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
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