Butmas language

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Butmas
Butmas-Tur
Farafi
Native to Vanuatu
Region Santo Island
Native speakers
(520 cited 1983) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bnr
Glottolog butm1237
ELP Butmas-Tur
Lang Status 99-NE.svg
Butmas is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Butmas, also Butmas-Tur or Farafi, is a language of the interior of Santo Island in Vanuatu.

Related Research Articles

The Espiritu Santo languages are a group of North Vanuatu languages spoken on Espiritu Santo Island in northern Vanuatu. Tryon (2010) considers the Espiritu Santo languages to be a coherent group.

Fanafo is an Espiritu Santo language of Vanuatu. It is spoken by 20 people in Vanafo and Butmas villages of eastern Santo Island.

References

  1. Butmas at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)