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 / -3.817; 141.333
Native speakers	240 (2000 census)^[1]
Language family	Language isolate
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)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Odiai". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

List of primary language families

Isolates	Bangime Hadza Jalaa Sandawe Kwadi? Laal?

Sign languages	Arab BANZSL French Lasima Tanzanian Others

Europe
and Asia

Isolates	Basque Burushaski Elamite Hattic Kusunda Nihali Nivkh Sumerian Hruso? Miju? Puroik?

Sign languages	BANZSL French German Japanese Swedish Chinese Indo-Pakistani Arab Chiangmai–Bangkok Others

New Guinea
and
the Pacific

Isolates	Abinomn Busa Kaure Kol Kuot Porome Pyu Taiap Yalë Abun? Amberbaken? Dem? Hattam? Isirawa? Lepki? Kapori? Kosare? Massep? Murkim? Pawaia? Sulka? Waia?

Sign languages	Hawai'i Sign Language Others

Isolates	Giimbiyu Malak-Malak Marrgu Tiwi Wagiman

Isolates	Chimariko Haida Karuk Kutenai Siuslaw Takelma Timucua Waikuri Washo Yana Yuchi Zuni

Sign languages	Inuit (Inuiuuk) Plains Sign Talk Others

Isolates	Cuitlatec Huave Seri Tarascan/Purépecha

Sign languages	Plains Sign Talk Mayan Others

Isolates (extant in 2000)	Aikanã? Andoque? Camsá Candoshi Chimane Chiquitano Cofán? Fulniô Guató Hodï/Joti Irantxe? Itonama Karajá Kawésqar Krenak Leco Maku-Auari of Roraima Movima Mura-Pirahã Nukak? Ofayé Puinave Rikbaktsa Huaorani/Waorani Trumai Urarina Warao Yamana Yuracaré

See also

Families in bold are the largest. Families in italics have no living members.

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