The Busa language, also known as Odiai (Uriai), is spoken in three hamlets of northwestern
Papua New Guinea.
There were 244 speakers at the time of the 2000 census. One of the hamlets where Busa is spoken is Busa () in Rawei ward,
Green River Rural LLG,
Sandaun Province.
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.
Classification
Busa may be one of the
Kwomtari languages. Foley (2018) classifies Busa as a language isolate (meaning unclassified), but does not exclude the possibility that it may have a distant relationship with the
Torricelli languages.
Pronouns
Pronouns are:
:
Basic vocabulary
Busa basic vocabulary listed in
Foley (2018):
:
The following basic vocabulary words are from Conrad and Dye (1975), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:
:
Affixes
Busa subject agreement affixes are:
:
The Busa possessive suffix -''ni'' is also found in proto-
Sepik as the dative suffix *ni, as well as in
Ama
Ama or AMA may refer to:
Ama Languages
* Ama language (New Guinea)
* Ama language (Sudan)
People
* Ama (Ama Kōhei), former ring name for sumo wrestler Harumafuji Kōhei
* Mary Ama, a New Zealand artist
* Shola Ama, a British singer
* Ām ...
, a
Left May language.
References
External links
Odiai language word list at TransNewGuinea.org
{{language families
Unclassified languages of New Guinea
Languages of Sandaun Province
Senu River languages