Bauzi language
East Geelvink language of Papua, Indonesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bauzi (also written Baudi, Baudji, Baudzi, Bauri) is a Papuan language of the East Geelvink Bay family spoken in the Indonesian province of Papua.
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Bauzi | |
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Region | Indonesian Papua |
Ethnicity | Bauzi |
Native speakers | (1,500 cited 1991)[1] |
East Geelvink Bay
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bvz |
Glottolog | bauz1241 |
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Dialects are Gesda Dae, Neao, and Aumenefa. Villages are Danau Bira, Itaba, Kustera, Neao, Noiadi, Solom, and Vakiadi.[2] It is reported to use a mode of whistled speech.
Bauzi is the best documented East Geelvink Bay language, but may or may not be representative of the Geelvink Bay family as a whole.[3]