Cia-Cia language
Appearance
Cia-Cia | |
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바하사 찌아찌아 Bahasa Ciacia | |
Region | Buton Island, Sulawesi |
Native speakers | 80,000 (as of 2005)[1] |
Hangul (as of 2009), formerly Gundul | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cia |
The Cia-Cia language (Hangul: 바하사 찌아찌아, Roman: Bahasa Ciacia), also known as South Buton(ese), is an Austronesian language spoken principally around the town of Bau-Bau on the southern tip of Buton Island off the southeast coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
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