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ISO 639-3 · bukbuk
Austronesian family

Bukawa

Bukawa is a language of the North Huon Gulf branch (Austronesian), spoken in Papua New Guinea.

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At a glance
ISO 639-3
buk
Glottocode
buga1250
Wikipedia
9 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
10levels in the tree
4EGIDS level

Facts

NameBukawa
Also calledBugawac, Bukawa language

Vitality

EGIDS 4 Educational4

Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Austronesian to Bukawa

The branches above Bukawa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1039Austronesianfamily944Malayo-Polynesianbranch634Nuclear Malayo-Polynesianbranch579Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbranch470Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbranch438Oceanicbranch174Western Oceanicbranch65North New Guineabranch24Huon Gulfbranch3North Huon GulfbranchbukBukawalanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Papua New Guinea630 languages in the index

Also spoken in Papua New Guinea

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationaltpiTok Pisinunclassified · 4.1 m1 · NationalenqEngaTrans–New Guinea · 230,0005 · DevelopinghmoHiri MotuAustronesian · 120,0003 · Wider CommunicationksdTolaiAustronesian · 81,0003 · Wider CommunicationmeuMotuAustronesian · 39,0005 · DevelopingazrAdzeraAustronesian · 30,0004 · EducationalsnpSianeunclassified · 29,0005 · DevelopingagdAgarabiunclassified · 27,0006a · VigorousgahAlekanoTrans–New Guinea · 25,0007 · Shifting