Buhutu | |
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Region | Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 1,400 (2003)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | bxh |
Glottolog | buhu1237 |
Buhutu (Bohutu) is an Oceanic language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Most Buhutu speakers live in the Sagarai River Valley between Mullins Harbour on the south coast and the Pima mountains north of the Sagarai.
Alphabet
Buhutu language has 19 letters (Aa, Bb, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Ss, Tt, Uu, Ww, Yy), glottal stop and seven diphthongs (bw, fw, gw, hw, kw, mw, pw).
References
- ↑ Buhutu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
External links
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