Waru

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
wru
Alternate Names
Mapute, Mopute
User Population

350 (Mead 1999).

Location

Southeast Sulawesi province: Konawe Utara regency, Asera sub-district interior, Mopute village.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

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

Waru, Lalomerui. Lexical similarity: 86% with the Waru and Lalomerui dialects, 79% with Mekongga and other Tolaki [lbw] dialects, 70% with Rahambuu [raz] and Kodeoha [vko], 54% with the Mori [mzq] or [xmz] and Bungku [bkz] groups.

Language Use

Under pressure from larger neighboring languages and from Indonesian [ind] (Wurm 2007). Some young people, all adults. Also use Indonesian [ind]. Also use Tolaki [lbw].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Waru
Other Comments

Muslim.