Alternate Names: Bouye
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 67% with Karawa ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 960 (2003 SIL), increasing.
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Men, boys and a few women also use Tok Pisin [tpi].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–20% (Tok Pisin). Bible portions: 1995–2007.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea
Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.