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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Odiai

Odiai

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3bhf

Population  240 (2000 census).
Region  Sandaun Province, Amanab District, north of Upper Sepik River, west of Namia. 3 villages. Yare [xkt] is north and east, Abau [aau] south and west, Biaka [bio] northwest.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 3, reference number 75
Alternate names   Busa, Busan, Uriai
Classification  Language isolate
Comments  No schools. Some intermarriage with Yale. Hunter-gatherers.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

GRAHAM, Glenn H., author. 1981. A sociolinguistic survey of Busa and Nagatman.  Available online