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

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The name , literally 'at the mangrove', is derived from '

mangrove A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a result of convergent evolution in severa ...

' + 'locative suffix'. The alternative name comes from the

Amara language Amara is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1200 individuals along the northwest coast of West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Britain. Speakers have close to 100% bilingualism with Bariai, and many also spe ...

, meaning 'foreigner'.

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