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Also known as Cia-Cia language

Austronesian language spoken on Buton island, Indonesia

Key facts

Native to
Indonesia
Region
Baubau , Buton Island, Southeast Sulawesi
Native speakers
105,000 (2012)
Language family
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Celebic Muna–Buton Buton Cia-Cia
Writing system
Latin , Hangul , Gundhul (historical)
Iso 639 3
cia
Glottolog
ciac1237

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
language
Subclass of
Muna–Buton
Country
Indonesia
Image
State Elementary School Karya Baru.jpg
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topic's main category
Category:Cia-Cia language
native label
바하사 찌아찌아
number of speakers, writers, or signers
80000
writing system
Hangul
indigenous to
North Buton
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Encyclopedic overview

Writing systems used in Indonesia

Abugida (Brahmic)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cia-Cia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.