Bungku

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
bkz
Alternate Names
Ikinyikiusa, Tamboeko, Tambuku, Tobuco, “Nahina” (pej.)
User Population

22,000 (2010 census), decreasing.

Location

Central Sulawesi province: Bungku Selatan, Bungku Tengah, and Bungku Utara sub-districts, about 45 coastal villages from Mondeodo south to Kendari area; Southeast Sulawesi province: Konawe regency, Asera, Soropia, and Lasolo sub-districts, Tulambatu and Kenduri areas inland, interior enclave southeast of Lake Poso.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Celebic, Eastern, Southeastern, Bungku-Tolaki, Eastern, East Coast
Dialects

Bungku, Routa, Tulambatu, Torete (To Rete), Landawe, Waia. Lexical similarity: 81% with Torete, Waia, Tulambatu, and Landawe dialects; 38% with Pamona dialects [pmf]; 88% with Landawe dialect; 84% with Waia dialect; 82% with Torete dialect; 74% with Wawonii [wow]; 66% with Taloki [tlk], Kulisusu [vkl], and Koroni [xkq]; 65% with Moronene [mqn]; 54% with the Mori and Tolaki groups; 82% with the Routa dialect.

Language Use

LWC before independence. Some of all ages. Neutral attitudes. All also use Indonesian [ind]. Many also use Mori Bawah [xmz]. Some also use Bugis [bug]. Used as L2 by Koroni [xkq], Tomadino [tdi].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bungku
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Muslim.