Bauwaki language

Bauwaki
Bauwaki
Region	Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	520 (2000 census)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Papuan Peninsula Owen Stanley Range Mailu–Yareban Bauwaki; ; ; ;
Dialects	Bauwaki; O'oku;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bwk
Glottolog	bauw1241

Bauwaki (Bawaki) is a Papuan language of New Guinea, sometimes classified as a member 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

^ ^a ^b Bauwaki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ New Guinea World, Owen Stanley Range

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[e18-1] Bauwaki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] New Guinea World, Owen Stanley Range

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