Liabuku language

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Liabuku
Native to Sulawesi, Indonesia
Region Buton Island
Native speakers
75 (2004) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 lix
Glottolog liab1237
ELP Liabuku

Liabuku is an Austronesian language of Buton Island, off the southeast coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Considered a dialect of Muna, it is more divergent than other Muna dialects.

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References

  1. Liabuku at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)