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The Busoa language of Southeast Sulawesi: Grammar sketch, texts, vocabulary

The Busoa language of Southeast Sulawesi: Grammar sketch, texts, vocabulary

Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Comments on speakers
"The village of Busoa is multilingual. Most adults speak the following two languages fluently in addition to their native Busoa: 1) Wolio (the court language of the sultanate of Wolio and a former lingua franca on the island of Buton), 2) Indonesian, the national language. Additionally many adults have at least a passive, and sometimes an active command of an additional two languages: 3) Cia-Cia, a large language spoken throughout the southern half of the island of Buton; and 4) Muna, more specifically, one of the southern Muna subdialects... I was told that there were no monolingual speakers of Busoa... The attitude of native speakers towards their own language appears to be one of indifference. Busoa has no prestige, is limited to a single village (now two villages), offers no economic advantages and there is no reason for anyone to learn it."

Location and Context
Countries
Indonesia;
Location Description

"Busoa [bup] is spoken on the island of Buton, one of the four large islands off the coast of Southeast Sulawesi, in central Indonesia. More specifically, Busoa is spoken in just two villages: the villages of Busoa and Lakambau
(kelurahan Busoa, kelurahan Lakambau), located about 22 km south of the city of Baubau in the South Buton regency (kabupaten Buton Selatan), Batauga district (kecamatan Batauga)... The village of Busoa consists of two rows of houses on either side of the road extending for some 2-3 kilometers from north to south, a few hundred meters from the sea to the west. There are two side roads leading to the sea."

Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
Indifferent
Other Languages Used By The Community
Wolio; Indonesian; Cia-Cia; Muna;
Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
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Writing system:
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