Buna language

Not to be confused with Mbum language.
Buna
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMarienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province
Native speakers
750 (2003)[1]
Dialects
  • North Buna
  • South Buna
Language codes
ISO 639-3bvn
Glottologbuna1277
ELPBuna
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Buna is a Torricelli language of Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.

There are two divergent dialects. One dialect is spoken in Kasmin (4°01′08″S 144°03′37″E / 4.018975°S 144.060235°E / -4.018975; 144.060235 (Kasmin 1)), Boig (3°50′55″S 144°03′18″E / 3.84861°S 144.054923°E / -3.84861; 144.054923 (Boik)), Waskurin (3°52′12″S 144°04′05″E / 3.870089°S 144.068112°E / -3.870089; 144.068112 (Waskurin)), and Arapang (3°52′49″S 144°04′24″E / 3.88039°S 144.073217°E / -3.88039; 144.073217 (Ariapan)) villages, and another in Masan, Mangan (3°57′13″S 144°14′22″E / 3.953676°S 144.239463°E / -3.953676; 144.239463 (Mangan)), and Garien villages.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Buna at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.