Dibiyaso Bainapi is a Papuan language of Western Province, Papua New Guinea (Bamustu, Makapa, and Pikiwa villages).
Classification It is sometimes classified with the Bosavi languages. Søren Wichmann (2013)Wichmann, Søren. 2013. A classification of Papuan languages . In: Hammarström, Harald and Wilco van den Heuvel (eds.), History, contact and classification of Papuan languages (Language and Linguistics in Melanesia, Special Issue 2012), 313-386. Port Moresby: Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea. tentatively considers it to be a separate, independent group. Pawley and Hammarström (2018) note that similarities between Bosavi and Dibiyaso are likely due to loanwords, therefore leaving Dibiyaso as unclassified.
There is 19% lexical cognacy with Turumsa, suggesting contact or perhaps even a genetic relationship with Doso–Turumsa.Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
Distribution Dibiyaso is spoken in Bamustu (), Makapa (), and Pikiwa () villages of Gogodala Rural LLG, Western Province, Papua New Guinea.
Vocabulary The following basic vocabulary words are from Franklin and Voorhoeve (1973), Reesink (1976), and Shaw (1986), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:
gloss Dibiyaso head bisikoki; bisikɔki; dagata; dapokala hair bisikaka; bisi kaka ear kosoropa; kosořopa; kɔsɔrɔpa eye usa nose deimu; demu tooth beserepa; beseřepa tongue metata; mɛtɛtʌ; mɛtɛta leg tupa louse pe dog sapo pig apo bird meta; mɛta egg kwapa; motakapa blood balipa; baripa; memere bone ki skin baua breast bu; burukopa tree besa; bosa man sau woman tawa͗e; tawoi; tawɔi sun male; nane moon iliɛpɛ; irepe water daia; daiya fire betate; darau; dařau stone kaɔ; kɔ road, path iti name yo eat na- one makate two ařapa
References
External links TransNewGuinea.org database