Busoa 500 (1991 Rene van den Berg SIL). Southeast Sulawesi, Batauga Subdistrict, southwest coast of Buton Island, south of the Katobengke-Topa-Sulaa-Lawela area. Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Western Malayo-Polynesian, Sulawesi, Muna-Buton, Muna. 84% lexical similarity with Kambe-Kambero, 70% to 79% with Muna dialects, 71% with Muna, 76% with Lantoi. Kambe-Kambero shares some innovations with Kaimbulawa, and may not be a Busoa dialect. Muslim.
Survey needed. |