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Baibai language

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Region
  
Papua New Guinea

Language family
  
Fas Baibai

Glottolog
  
baib1251

Native speakers
  
340 (2000 census)

ISO 639-3
  
bbf

Baibai is one of two Fas languages of Papua New Guinea. It is the eponymous language of the spurious Baibai family, which was posited when the Fas language was mistakenly swapped for the Kwomtari language Biaka in published data. It actually has little in common with Kwomtari, but is 40% cognate with Fas. (See Fas languages for details.)

References

Baibai language Wikipedia