Endangered Languages Project - Busa

Busa

^{[aka Odiai, Busan, Uriai]}

Classification: Isolate

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Odiai, Busan, Uriai
CLASSIFICATION		Isolate, Pacific
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		bhf
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		"Dusa lexicon bears no significant relations to any other language in the region (Conrad and Dye 1975, Laycock 1975a)" (Hammarström, forthcoming).

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Information from: “Language isolates in the New Guinea region” . Harald Hammarström (2017) , Lyle Campbell, Thomas Dougherty, and Alexander D. Smith · London: Routledge

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
240
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"In 1980, Busa was spoken by 238 people, and, though Tok Pisin usage was growing, Busa was not endangered (Graham 1981)."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Remote area north of the upper Sepik river in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
307
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 4 villages: Auya, Busa, Rawei, and Birimei.

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
238
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
census

DATE OF INFO: 1978

TRANSMISSION
SPEAKER ATTITUDE: "Busa is not a prestige language."
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Tok Pisin is used only to communicate with outsiders."

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Rawei, Busa, and Auya villages, on the southwest side of the Nagu Census Division.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
240
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
census

DATE OF INFO: 2000

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Sandaun Province, Amanab district, north of Upper Sepik river, 3 villages."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
238
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1980

MORE ON VITALITY

In 1980, Tok Pisin usage was growing, but Busa was not endangered.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
244
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

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Information from: “A sociolinguistic survey of Busa and Nagatman” (177-192) . Graham, Glenn H. (1981) , Loving, Richard · Summer Institute of Linguistics