Kulisusu language

Kulisusu
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Buton Island
Native speakers	(23,000 cited 1999–2005) [1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Celebic Bungku–Tolaki Kulisusu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: vkl  – Kulisusu xkq  – Koroni tlk  – Taloki
Glottolog	kuli1254   Kulisusu koro1311   Koroni talo1252   Taloki
ELP	Taloki
	Koroni

Kulisusu is an Austronesian language (one of the Celebic languages) of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. The Kulisusu language is spoken in the northern part of Buton Island. It is part of a dialect chain with two minor languages, Koroni and Taloki.

References

1. Kulisusu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Koroni at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Taloki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Further reading

• Mead, David. 1998. Proto-Bungku-Tolaki: Reconstruction of its phonology and aspects of its morphosyntax. PhD dissertation. Houston: Rice University.
• Mead, David. 1999. The Bungku–Tolaki languages of south-eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Series D-91. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.