Busa language (Papuan)

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 family	Kwomtari Busa;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bhf
Glottolog	odia1239[2]

The Busa language, also known as Odiai (Uriai), is spoken in northwestern Papua New Guinea. Long thought to be a language isolate, it may actually be related to the Kwomtari languages. There were 244 speakers at the time of the 2000 census.

References

↑ Busa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Odiai". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[e18-1] Busa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Odiai". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.