Muna–Buton languages

Muna–Buton
Geographic
distribution:
Sulawesi
Linguistic classification:

Austronesian

Subdivisions:
  • Munan
  • Buton
Glottolog: muna1246[1]

The Muna–Buton languages are a group of languages spoken on the islands of Muna and Buton off the coast of South East Sulawesi province, Indonesia.

Languages

Per Ethnologue 16/17:

Busoa and Kaimbulawa are not specifically classified.

Another possible Buton language is Hukumina, which was spoken on Buru Island but may have been the remnant of an old migration from Buton.

References

  1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Muna–Buton". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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