Bungku

Facts

  • Language: Bungku
  • Alternate names: Ikinyikiusa, Nahina, Tamboeko, Tambuku, Tobuco
  • Language code: bkz
  • Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Celebic, Eastern Celebic, Southeastern Celebic, Bungku-Tolaki, Eastern Bungku-Tolaki, East Coast Bungku-Tolaki
  • Number of speakers: 27000
  • Script: Category

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    Introduction

    Bungku is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Central Sulawesi Province, Bungku Utara, Bungku Tengah, and Bungku Selatan subdistricts, around 45 villages. Northern Southeast Sulawesi Province, Konawe regency, Asera, Soropia, and Lasolo subdistricts; Tulambatu area.

    Dialects

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

    The Bungku Verb

    Verblist