Baining languages
The Baining languages are a small language family spoken by the Baining people on the Gazelle Peninsula of New Britain in Papua New Guinea. They appear to be related to the neighboring Taulil–Butam languages, which immigrated from New Ireland.
| Baining | |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Baining people |
| Geographic distribution | Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain |
| Linguistic classification | East New Britain
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| Glottolog | bain1263[1] |
Languages
The languages are:
Extinct Makolkol neighbored the (other) Baining languages to their southwest but is unattested.
References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Baining". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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