Busa language (Papuan)
Not to be confused with Busa language (Mande).
| Busa | |
|---|---|
| Odiai | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Sandaun Province, Amanab District, north of Upper Sepik River, west of Namia. 3 villages. Yare is north and east, Abau is south and west, Biaka is northwest. |
| Coordinates | 3°49′S 141°20′E / 3.817°S 141.333°E |
Native speakers | 240 (2000 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
bhf |
| Glottolog |
odia1239[2] |
The Busa language, also known as Odiai (Uriai), is a language isolate in northwestern Papua New Guinea. There were 244 speakers at the time of the 2000 census.
References
- ↑ Busa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Odiai". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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