Alternate Names: Buyaka
Dialects: Central Sentani, East Sentani, West Sentani. Lexical similarity: 30% with Tabla ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 30,000 (1996 SIL), increasing. Few monolinguals.
Language Use: Vigorous use in most families. All domains. Positive attitudes. Also use Indonesian [ind].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 16%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. About 5,000. Schools are beginning to use Sentani grades 1 to 6. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1997.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Indonesia
Other Comments: Ethnic autonym: Buyaka. Traditional religion, Christian.