| Buru–Sula | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Indonesia |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian |
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| Glottolog | sula1247 |
The Buru–Sula languages are a group of Austronesian languages (geographically Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages) spoken on the Buru and Sula Islands in the eastern Moluccas. Buru itself has almost forty thousand speakers, and Sula about twenty thousand.
Classification
The languages are:
- Buru: Ambelau, Buru, Lisela, Moksela (extinct), Hukumina (extinct), Palumata (extinct)
- Sula: Mangole, Sula, Taliabo