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Bariai (also known as Kabana) is an Austronesian language of New Britain.

Name

The name Bariai, literally "at the mangrove", is derived from bare "mangrove" + -eai "locative suffix". The alternative name Kabana comes from the Amara language, meaning "foreigner".

References

Further reading

• Gallagher, Steve (2001). "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Gallagher, Steve; Baehr, Peirce (2005). "Bariai Grammar Sketch" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2018-06-25. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Gallagher, Steve (2008). "Bariai Dictionary" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)