Muna buton languages

Muna buton languages
Spoken in	Indonesia ( Southeast Sulawesi )
Linguistic classification	Austronesian languages Malayo-Polynesian languages Celebic languages Muna buton languages

The Muna-Buton languages form a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian languages within the Austronesian languages . The group of closely related languages ​​is spoken on the islands of Buton and Muna in southeast Sulawesi .

Individual languages ​​are (classification according to Ethnologue 16/17):

• Kern Muna-Buton
  • Buton
    • East Buton : Lasalimu , Kumbewaha
    • West Buton : Cia-Cia
  • Muna
    • ? Busoa
    • Munic
      • ? Kaimbulawa
      • West : Liabuku , Muna (Wuna), Pancana , Kioko
• Tukangbesi – Bonerate : Tukangbesi (Popalia), Bonerate

Busoa and Kaimbulawa are not further classified.

Web links

• Entry in Ethnologue