Busa language (Papuan)
{{Short description|Language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}
{{Distinguish|Busa language (Mande)}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Busa
| nativename = Odiai
| states = Papua New Guinea
| region = Sandaun Province, Amanab District, north of Upper Sepik River, west of Namia. 3 villages. Yare is north and east, Abau is south and west, Biaka is northwest.
| coordinates = {{coord|3|49|S|141|20|E|type:landmark|display=inline}}
| speakers = 370
| date = 2011 census
| ref = e18
| familycolor = Papuan
| fam1 = Senu River or Language isolate
| iso3 = bhf
| glotto = odia1239
| glottorefname = Odiai
}}
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The Busa language, also known as Odiai (Uriai), is spoken in three hamlets of northwestern Papua New Guinea. There were 244 speakers at the time of the 2000 census. One of the hamlets where Busa is spoken is Busa ({{coord|-3.837112|141.440227|type:city_region:PG|name=Busa}}) in Rawei ward, Green River Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.{{cite web |url=https://data.humdata.org/dataset/village-coordinates-lookup |title=Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup |author=United Nations in Papua New Guinea |work=Humanitarian Data Exchange |version=1.31.9 |date=2018}}
Busa speakers are in extensive trade and cultural contact with Yadë, a distantly related language spoken in six villages to the north of the Busa area.
Classification
Busa may be one of the Kwomtari languages. Foley (2018) classifies Busa as a language isolate (meaning unclassified), but does not exclude the possibility that it may have a distant relationship with the Torricelli languages.
Pronouns
:
| {{table}}
|+ Busa basic pronouns ! !! sg !! pl |
| 1
| mu || mi |
|---|
| 2
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | am |
| 3m
| a ~ ari || ti |
| 3f
| tu |
Basic vocabulary
Busa basic vocabulary listed in Foley (2018):
:
| {{table}}
|+ Busa basic vocabulary ! gloss !! Busa | |
| ‘bad’ | buriambu |
| ‘bird’ | wana |
| ‘black’ | baro |
| ‘breast’ | nã |
| ‘ear’ | dina |
| ‘eye’ | dena |
| ‘fire’ | eβa |
| ‘leaf’ | iri |
| ‘liver’ | munã |
| ‘louse’ | amo |
| ‘man’ | nutu |
| ‘mother’ | mẽ |
| ‘nape’ | onaiba |
| ‘older brother’ | aba |
| ‘road’ | ti |
| ‘stone’ | bito |
| ‘tooth’ | wuti |
| ‘tree’ | nda |
| ‘water’ | ani |
| ‘woman’ | ele |
| ‘one’ | otutu |
| ‘two’ | tinana |
| ‘three’ | wunana |
| ‘four’ | aite |
| ‘five’ | yumnadi |
The following basic vocabulary words are from Conrad and Dye (1975),Conrad, R. and Dye, W. "[http://dx.doi.org/10.15144/PL-A40.1 Some Language Relationships in the Upper Sepik Region of Papua New Guinea]". In Conrad, R., Dye, W., Thomson, N. and Bruce Jr., L. editors, Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 18. A-40:1-36. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1975. {{doi|10.15144/PL-A40.1}} as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:{{Cite web |url=http://transnewguinea.org/language/odiai |title=TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea |last=Greenhill |first=Simon |date=2016| access-date=2020-11-05}}
:
| class="wikitable sortable"
! gloss !! Busa | |
| head | owuna |
| hair | etete |
| ear | dinʌ |
| eye | dena |
| nose | wʌti |
| tooth | wuti |
| tongue | dʌgʌrʌ |
| louse | amo |
| dog | inʌri |
| pig | waru |
| bird | wʌnʌ |
| egg | mʌiyʌ |
| blood | aɔ̨ |
| bone | ab̶uwibʌ |
| skin | tati |
| breast | ną |
| tree | nda |
| man | nutu |
| woman | tɔ |
| water | ani |
| stone | bitɔ |
| road, path | ti |
| eat | muniʌren |
| one | otutu |
| two | tinʌnʌ |
Affixes
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://transnewguinea.org/language/odiai Odiai language word list at TransNewGuinea.org]
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Category:Unclassified languages of New Guinea