Gebusi

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A language of Papua New Guinea

Alternate Names
Gobasi, Nomad
User Population

1,000 (Knauft 2016). Ethnic population: 1,000 (Knauft 2016).

Location

Western province.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Dialects

Gobasi (Bibo), Honibo, Oibae (Oiba). Related to Samo [smq] and Kubo [jko].

Language Use

Used by all. Also use English [eng] (Knauft 2016). Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Knauft 2016). Used as L2 by Odoodee [kkc].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 10%–15%. Texts.

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.