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

Buna

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3bvn

Population  750 (2003 SIL).
Region  East Sepik Province, Angoram District.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 4, reference number 162
Dialects  Kasmin, Masan. Apparently 2 dialects: 1 in Kasmin, Boig, Waskurin, and Arapang villages; 1 in Masan, Mangan, and Garien villages.
Classification  Torricelli, Marienberg
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%.