Wolio language
| Wolio | |
|---|---|
| Region | Sulawesi |
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Native speakers
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65,000 (2004) |
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Austronesian
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| Arabic | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | woli1241 |
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.
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.
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