====== Barikewa ======

Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute

===== Situation =====
Barikewa is spoken approximately eight miles northeast of the headwatters of the Omati river in Papua New Guinea's Gulf province (Johnston 1921-1922: 166.)

===== Sources =====
Johnston (1921-1922) 126 comparative terms for Barika of Asanu village

Petterson (1991) 190 comparative terms for Barikiwa of Iba village

Carr (2006) 190 comparative terms for Barikewa of Kaiam village

===== Phonology =====
There is no published phonology of Barikewa.

===== Pronouns =====
Carr (2006) gives Barikewa free pronouns as follows:

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|1 sg.|ʔĕn   |
|2 sg.|ă     |
|3 sg.|kɔ̀βɛ́|
|1 pl.|ná-mɛ̀|
|2 pl.|já-mɛ̀|
|3 pl.|ʔamɛ̀ |
|1 dl.|ná-ɾí |
|2 dl.|já-ɾí |
|3 dl.|á-ɾì  |

===== Verbal morphology =====
Nothing is known about Barikewa verbal morphology.\\
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