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 diffused from New Ireland.

Languages

The languages are:

Extinct Makolkol neighbored the Baining languages to their southwest but is unattested.

Vocabulary comparison

The following basic vocabulary words are from SIL field notes, as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database.
The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate or not.