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

Budibud

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3btp

Population  310 (2000). 15% monolingual.
Region  Milne Bay Province, Lachlan Islands, east of Woodlark Island.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 17, reference number 818
Alternate names   Nada
Dialects  Most closely related to Muyuw [myw]. Lexical similarity: 65% with Muyuw.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Peripheral, Kilivila-Louisiades, Kilivila
Language use  Also use Muyuw.
Comments  ‘Nada’ no longer used. Christian, traditional religion.