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Busa language (Papuan)

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 in Rawei ward, Green River Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.

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==
Pronouns
Pronouns are: : ==Basic vocabulary==
Basic vocabulary
Busa basic vocabulary listed in Foley (2018): as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database: : ==Affixes==
Affixes
Busa subject agreement affixes are: : The Busa possessive suffix -ni is also found in proto-Sepik as the dative suffix *ni, as well as in Ama, a Left May language. ==References==
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