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"In 1980, Busa was spoken by 238 people, and, though Tok Pisin usage was growing, Busa was not endangered (Graham 1981)."
2017
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"Remote area north of the upper Sepik river in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea."
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"Remote area north of the upper Sepik river in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea."
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1981
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-3.86, 141.42
Rawei, Busa, and Auya villages, on the southwest side of the Nagu Census Division.
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"Busa is not a prestige language."
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Rawei, Busa, and Auya villages, on the southwest side of the Nagu Census Division.
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Tok Pisin [tpi], Abau [aau], Nagatiman [nce]
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"Sandaun Province, Amanab district, north of Upper Sepik river, 3 villages."
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"Sandaun Province, Amanab district, north of Upper Sepik river, 3 villages."
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1973
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4 villages: Auya, Busa, Rawei, and Birimei.
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4 villages: Auya, Busa, Rawei, and Birimei.
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- Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
- World Oral Literature Project"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.http://www.oralliterature.org
- The status of the least documented language families in the worldHarald Hammarström. 2010. "The Status of the Least Documented Language Families in the World." In Language Documentation and Conservation, 4: 177-212. Online: http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4478/hammarstrom.pdf;jsessionid=76414DD90F95DF076959B1AEB0158091?sequence=1.http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4478/hammarstrom.pdf;jsessionid=76414DD90F95DF076959B1AEB0158091?sequence=1
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th EditionLewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.http://www.ethnologue.com
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