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Kulisusu language

Kulisusu is an Austronesian language of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. The Kulisusu language is spoken in the northern part of Buton Island. It is part of a dialect chain with two minor languages, Koroni and Taloki.

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Kulisusu
Native toIndonesia
RegionButon Island
Native speakers
(23,000 cited 1999–2005)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
vkl – Kulisusu
xkq – Koroni
tlk – Taloki
Glottologkuli1254  Kulisusu
koro1311  Koroni
talo1252  Taloki
ELPTaloki
 Koroni

Kulisusu is an Austronesian language (one of the Celebic languages) of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. The Kulisusu language is spoken in the northern part of Buton Island. It is part of a dialect chain with two minor languages, Koroni and Taloki.

References

References

  1. Kulisusu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Koroni at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Taloki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Further reading

Further reading

  • 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.