Busa language (Papuan)

Not to be confused with Busa language (Mande).
Busa
Odiai
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionSandaun 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.
Native speakers
370 (2011 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bhf
Glottologodia1239
ELPBusa
Coordinates: 3°49′S 141°20′E / 3.817°S 141.333°E / -3.817; 141.333
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The Busa language, also known as Odiai (Uriai), is spoken in three hamlets of northwestern Papua New Guinea.[2] There were 244 speakers at the time of the 2000 census. One of the hamlets where Busa is spoken is Busa (3°50′14″S 141°26′25″E / 3.837112°S 141.440227°E / -3.837112; 141.440227 (Busa)) in Rawei ward, Green River Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.[3]

Busa speakers are in extensive trade and cultural contact with Yadë, a distantly related language spoken in six villages to the north of the Busa area.[2]

  1. ^ Busa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Foley-Sepik was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.