Bukawa (also known as Bukaua, Kawac, Bugawac, Gawac) is an Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea. Bukawa is spoken by about 12,000 people (in 2011) on the coast of the Huon Gulf, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

Sombat Banchamek (Thai: สมบัติ บัญชาเมฆ, born May 8, 1982), also known by his ring name Buakaw Banchamek (Thai: บัวขาว บัญชาเมฆ, Buakaw meaning "white lotus") is a Thai professional Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer. Known for his fierce fighting style, he is regarded as one of the greatest Muay Thai fighters of all time. [2][3]

A descriptive grammar of the Bukawa language of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea Bibliography Includes index ISBN ISBN 9780858835740 (pbk.) 1. Bukawa language – Grammar. 2. Papua New Guinea –Languages. I. Title. I. The Australian National University. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies. Pacific Linguistics. II. Title. 499.12

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Eckermann’s (2007) descriptive grammar of Bukawa sheds new light on an important language long overshadowed by its better-documented sibling, Jabêm (also spelled Yabem). Although the syntax and … Expand

It consists of three languages, all of which are distinguished by severe truncation of many inherited roots and the compensatory development of suprasegmentals on vowels: phonemic tone in Yabem and Bukawa (Ross 1993) and nasalization in Kela (Johnson 1994).

Other known names and dialect names: Bukaua, Bukawa, Bukawac, Central Bugawac, Central-Eastern Bugawac, Central-Western Bugawac, Eastern Bugawac, Kawa, Kawac, South-Western Bugawac, Western Bugawac, Yom Gawac. Use faceted search to explore resources for Bugawac language. ONLINE Report on Arthur Capell Estate by Peter Newton. Peter Newton. 1995.

The Bukawa language is an Austronesian language which is spoken by coastal inhabitants of the Huon Peninsula in the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. The Bukawa villages are all situated on...

Before the first arrival of Europeans, the Bukawa tribe's understanding of the world was limited to their immediate neighbors with whom they traded and fought. They regarded the nearby coast of their villages as the center of the universe and believed that anyone who traveled beyond their known territories had to climb the vault of heaven.

A descriptive grammar of the Bukawa language of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea / W. Eckermann