Language
name and location: Busami, Yapen, Papua, Indonesia [Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. bo-siri |
2. bo-ru |
3. bo-toru |
4. bo-ati |
5. ri, riŋ |
6. wonaŋ |
7. ruwu-varu |
8. toro-varu |
9. aro-varu |
10. sura |
20. piarei |
Linguist providing
data and dateː Mrs. Heljië Clouse, Summer Institute
of Linguistics, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. January 11, 1993. Taken from SIL
linguistic survey list, 1992. |
Other comments: Busami has a counting system based on five-twenty, there are missing terms after ten. New data needed. Busami is an endangered language spoken by about 700 speakers in three villages on south and north coast of Yapen island, Papua province, Indonesia. |
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