Native speakers 1,400 (2003) Glottolog buhu1237 | ISO 639-3 bxh | |
Region Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western
Papuan Tip
Nuclear
Suauic
Buhutu | ||
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(Text) CC BY-SA