| Baining | |
|---|---|
| East New Britain | |
| Ethnicity: | Baining people |
| Geographic distribution: |
New Britain |
| Linguistic classification: | a primary family of Papuan languages |
| Subdivisions: |
Baining
Taulil
|
The Baining or East New Britain languages are a small language family spoken by the Baining people on the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea. They were classified as East Papuan languages by Wurm, but this does not now seem tenable.
The languages are:
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The pronouns Ross reconstructs for proto-Baining are,
| I | *ŋa | we two | *(ŋ)un | we | *udu |
| thou | *ŋi | you two | *yu | you | *ŋan |
| he | *(k)a | they two (M) | *ip | they | *ta |
| she | *(k)e | they two (F) | ? |
The possessive pronouns his and her are *vat and *vet.