Bungku language

Bungku
Bungku
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Sulawesi
Native speakers	27,000 (2000 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Celebic Bungku–Tolaki Bungku; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bkz
Glottolog	bung1269

Bungku is an Austronesian language (one of the Celebic languages) of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is quite close to Wawonii. It was a local lingua franca before independence.

References[edit]

Mead, David. 1998. Proto-Bungku-Tolaki: Reconstruction of its phonology and aspects of its morphosyntax. PhD dissertation. Houston: Rice University.
Mead, David. 1999. The Bungku–Tolaki languages of south-eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Series D-91. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

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