Dibiyaso Bainapi is a
Papuan language of
Western Province, Papua New Guinea (Bamustu, Makapa, and Pikiwa villages).
Classification
It is sometimes classified with the
Bosavi languages.
Søren Wichmann (2013)
[Wichmann, Søren. 2013]
A classification of Papuan languages
. In: Hammarström, Harald and Wilco van den Heuvel (eds.), History, contact and classification of Papuan languages (Language and Linguistics in Melanesia, Special Issue 2012), 313-386. Port Moresby: Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea. tentatively considers it to be a separate, independent group. Pawley and Hammarström (2018) note that similarities between Bosavi and Dibiyaso are likely due to loanwords, therefore leaving Dibiyaso as unclassified.
There is 19% lexical cognacy with
Turumsa, suggesting contact or perhaps even a genetic relationship
Doso–Turumsa language.
Distribution
Dibiyaso is spoken in ''Bamustu'' (), ''Makapa'' (), and ''Pikiwa'' () villages of
Gogodala Rural LLG,
Western Province, Papua New Guinea.
Vocabulary
The following basic vocabulary words are from Franklin and Voorhoeve (1973), Reesink (1976), and Shaw (1986), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:
References
External links
TransNewGuinea.org database
{{Papuan languages
Unclassified languages of New Guinea
Papuan Plateau languages
Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea)