Bayono–Awbono languages
Bayono–Awbono is a Papuan language cluster spoken in Papua Province, Indonesia, to the south of the Somahai languages. All that is known of them is a few hundred words recorded in first-contact situations recorded in Wilbrink and Hischier.
Languages
Wilbrink lists 4 distinct language varieties.Classification
Noting insufficient evidence, Pawley and Hammarström leave Bayono–Awbono as unclassified rather than as part of Trans-New Guinea. However, according to Dryer, based on a preliminary quantitative analysis of data from the ASJP database, Bayono–Awbono is likely to be a subgroup of Trans–New Guinea.Timothy Usher finds enough evidence to classify Awbono–Bayono within the Greater Awyu family.
Wilbrink notes limited similarity with the neighboring Ok languages, and does not classify Bayono–Awbono with Ok.