Boano language (Maluku)

Boano
Boano
Buano
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Boano Island, Maluku
Native speakers	(3,240 cited 1982)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Central–Eastern MP Central Maluku ? East Central Maluku Seram ? Nunusaku Piru Bay West Hoamoal Boano; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bzn
Glottolog	boan1242
ELP	Boano (Maluku, Indonesia)

Last updated December 17, 2025

Boano (Buano) is an Austronesian language spoken in eastern Indonesia.^[2] It is spoken in Boano island, off the western end of Seram Island.

References

↑ Boano at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Boano (Maluku)". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[e18-1] Boano at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Boano (Maluku)". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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