Bariai language

Bariai
Bariai
Kabana
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	New Britain
Native speakers	1,400 (2008)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Ngero–Vitiaz Ngero Bariai languages Bariai; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bch
Glottolog	bari1286

Bariai (also known as Kabana) is an Austronesian language of New Britain.

Name edit

The name Bariai, literally 'at the mangrove', is derived from bare 'mangrove' + -eai 'locative suffix'. The alternative name Kabana comes from the Amara language, meaning 'foreigner'.

References edit

^ Bariai at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

Further reading edit

Gallagher, Steve (2001). "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Gallagher, Steve; Baehr, Peirce (2005). "Bariai Grammar Sketch" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2018-06-25. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Gallagher, Steve (2008). "Bariai Dictionary" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[e25-1] Bariai at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

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