Buli

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
bzq
User Population

2,520 (2000).

Location

North Maluku province: central Halmahera, 3 villages on Buli bay north shore.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, South Halmahera-West New Guinea, South Halmahera, Southeast
Dialects

Buli, Wayamli (Jawanli, Wajamli).

Language Use

Used as L2 by Sawai [szw].

Language Development

Dictionary.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Buli
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Several communities of over 100 dwellings. Muslim, Christian.