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Buton, is an island in Indonesia located off the southeast peninsula of Sulawesi. It covers roughly 4,408 square kilometers in area, or about the size of Madura; it is the 129th largest island in the world and Indonesia's 19th largest in area.
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- ↑ Busoa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Berg, René van den (2020). The Busoa language of Southeast Sulawesi: Grammar sketch, texts, vocabulary. Dallas: SIL International.