Bauwaki

BWK

vigorous

Alternate Names: Bawaki

Dialects: None known. Dutton (1971) says this is a bridge language between the Mailuan and Yareban families. Lexical similarity: 66% with Aneme Wake , (most similar), 39% with Domu ,.

Genealogy:

Trans-New Guinea
Southeast Papuan
Mailuan

Demographics: 520 (2000 census).

Language Use: Also use English [eng], Hiri Motu [hmo], Mailu [mgu], Suau [swp].

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea