Alternate Names: Buma, Puma
Genealogy:
Demographics: 520 (2007 A. François).
Language Use: Shifting to Pijin [pis] (Wurm 2007). Also use Pijin [pis].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Grammar.
Typology: SVO.
Nation of Origin: Solomon Islands
Other Comments: Previously 3 tribal districts corresponded to 3 languages: Tanema , south, Lovono , northwest, Teanu , northeast. Tanema population now dispersed on the island for more than a century and blended with Melanesian population, while most of south coast settled by Polynesians.