Wolio language - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

Region Sulawesi Writing system Arabic Glottolog woli1241		Native speakers 65,000 (2004) ISO 639-3 wlo
Language family Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Nuclear MP Celebic Wotu–Wolio Wolio–Kamaru Wolio

Wolio is an Austronesian language spoken in Bau-Bau on Buton Island, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. Also known as Buton, it is a trade language and the former court language of the Sultan at Baubau. Today it is an official regional language; street signs are written in Wolio using the Arabic script.

Phonology

Stress is on the penultimate syllable. The five vowels are /i e a o u/.

/b, d, f/ are found in loans, mostly from Arabic. /β/ is transcribed w, /tʃ/ c. /r/ is a trill.

References

Wolio language Wikipedia

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