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Buhutu language

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Native speakers
  
1,400 (2003)

Glottolog
  
buhu1237

ISO 639-3
  
bxh

Language family
  
AustronesianMalayo-PolynesianOceanicWesternPapuan TipNuclearSuauicBuhutu

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 language Wikipedia


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