Buhutu language

Buhutu
Buhutu
Region	Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	1,400 (2003)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Papuan Tip Nuclear Suauic Buhutu; ; ; ; ; ; ;
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).^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Buhutu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

External links

Alphabet and pronunciation

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