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

New Britain New Britain ( tpi, Niu Briten) is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from New Guinea by a northwest corner of the Solomon Sea (or with an island hop of Umboi the D ...

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The name , literally 'at the mangrove', is derived from '

mangrove A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a result of convergent evolution in several ...

' + 'locative suffix'. The alternative name comes from the

Amara language Amara is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1200 individuals along the northwest coast of West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Britain New Britain ( tpi, Niu Briten) is the largest island in the Bismarc ...

, meaning 'foreigner'.

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