Awbono language

Awbono is a Papuan language spoken in the highlands of Papua Province, Indonesia. All that is known of Awbono is a few hundred words recorded in first-contact situations recorded in Wilbrink (2004)[3] and Hischier (2006).[4]

Awbono
RegionJayawijaya Regency, Papua Province, Indonesia: Modera River area
Native speakers
100 (1999)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3awh
Glottologawbo1238
ELPAwbono[2]

An Awbono word list from Jacky Menanti is published in Wilbrink (2004).[3]

Densar, which is poorly attested, may be closely related.[5]

References

  1. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Awbono.
  3. Wilbrink, Ans (2004). The Kopkaka of Papua: Provisional notes on their language, its language affiliation and on the Kopkaka culture. MA thesis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
  4. Hischier, Phyllis (2006). Exploration of the Remote Kopayap and Urajin Areas in West Papua, Indonesia: A First Contact in Kopayap and Urajin. Manuscript.
  5. Wilbrink, Ans 2004 in Glottolog 4.1
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