Barai
A language of Papua New Guinea
| Population | 800 (2003 SIL). |
| Region | Inland Oro Province, Afore District, Managalas Plateau. Birarie in Umuate, Naokanane, Itokama, Madokoro villages. |
| Language map |
Papua New Guinea, Map 16, reference number 736 |
| Dialects | Birarie, Muguani. Lexical similarity: 50% with Ese [mcq]. |
| Classification | Trans-New Guinea, Southeast Papuan, Koiarian, Baraic |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 50%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–60%. NT: 1994. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | SOV. Swidden agriculturalists. Christian, traditional religion. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
EVANS, Beverley, author. 1984. "Barai pre-school report."
EVANS, Beverley, author. 1985. "Results of Barai pre-school reading tests."
EVANS, Beverley, author. 1988. "Warm clothing using a bilum stitch."
EVANS, Beverley; EVANS, Peter, authors. 1980. Barai (Northern Province).
EVANS, Peter, author. 1981. "Adult literacy--follow-up or don’t start!."
EVANS, Peter, author. 1981. "Saturation literacy."
EVANS, Peter, author. 1989. Reading clubs.
EVANS, Peter, author. 1991. "Reading readiness."
EVANS, Peter, author. Available: 2010; Created: 1992. Barai organised phonology data: Barai (Isama) language [BCA] Afore - Oro Province.
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OLSON, Michael L., author. 1973. Barai sentence structure and embedding.
OLSON, Michael L., author. 1974. "The semantics of Barai kinship and social organization."
OLSON, Michael L., author. 1975. "Barai grammar highlights."
OLSON, Michael L., author. 1979. "The sociolinguistic significance of Barai possessive markers."
OLSON, Michael L., author. 1982. "From benefactor to facilitator."
OLSON, Michael L., author. 1985. "Agency cooperation and learning needs in the Oro Province."
OLSON, Mike, author. 1972. Barai Higher Level Phonology.
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OLSON, Mike, author. 1977. Switch-Reference in Barai.
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OLSON, Mike, author. 1978. Barai Derivational Operations vs. Universal Passivization and Antipassivization.
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SHAW, R. Daniel, editor. 1974. Kinship studies in Papua New Guinea.
Vernacular Publications
Aesakae bino: Aesakae nuvuone ivuake ijia. 1975.
Iko zinume ijia Godi fu ire boeje amaeriae. 1993.
Ire binobino ijafuo buki. 1984.

