The Bauzi or Baudi tribe consists of a group of 2,000 people living in the north-central part of the

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n province of Papua (formerly Irian Jaya). The Bauzi area consists of much of the west side of lower

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area in northern Papua. The Bauzi people lived on hunting and gathering in the jungle. While the Bauzi people were historically an

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people group, they are now 65% Christian. For the most part, tribal warfare is no longer a large part of Bauzi culture and all Bauzi people speak the same language. In recent years, linguists have been studying the language and translating various literature, including the

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, into the

Bauzi language Bauzi (also written ''Baudi, Baudji, Baudzi, Bauri'') is a Papuan language of the East Geelvink Bay family spoken in the Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the In ...

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