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Butam

Butam was a Taulil-Butam language once spoken in Papua New Guinea.

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Butam is a possibly extinct Papuan language spoken in East New Britain Province on the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. It is related to Taulil. Like the Taulil, the Butam people had originally migrated from New Ireland.

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