Buhutu language
Appearance
Buhutu | |
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Region | Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 1,400 (2003)[1] |
Language codes | |
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 7 diphthongs (bw, fw, gw, hw, kw, mw, pw).
References
- ^ Buhutu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)