Bayono | |
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Enamesi, Swesu; Densar | |
Region | Papua Province, Indonesia: Eilanden-Steenboom River area |
Native speakers | 300 (2020)[1] |
Bayono–Awbono
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | byl |
Glottolog | bayo1260 |
ELP | Bayono |
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)[2] and Hischier (2006).[3]
A Bayono word list from Jacky Menanti is published in Wilbrink (2004).[2]
Kovojab may be closely related.[4]