Binumarien language

Binumarien, or Afaqina as it's known to its speakers, is a Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea. The name used in the literature comes from the now-abandoned village of Pinumaarénai.

Binumarien
Afaqina
Pronunciation[ɐɸɐʔinɐ]
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEastern Highlands Province
Native speakers
(360 cited 1990 census)[1]
Trans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3bjr
Glottologbinu1245[2]

References

  1. Binumarien at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Binumarien". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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