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Where is Liabuku spoken?

Liabuku (bahasa Liabuku) is an Austronesian language, spoken in Indonesia. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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  • Otomanguean
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Where Liabuku is spoken

Liabuku is spoken in one country: Indonesia.

Country
Indonesia

Liabuku has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Liabuku?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Moribund. Glottolog lists it as moribund: the youngest speakers are middle-aged or older, and children are no longer learning it.

Where Liabuku sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Liabuku as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Austronesian
  2. Malayo-Polynesian
  3. Celebic
  4. Greater Eastern Celebic
  5. Eastern Celebic
  6. Southeastern Celebic
  7. Muna-Buton
  8. Nuclear Muna-Buton
  9. Munan
  10. Munic
  11. Western Munic
  12. Liabuku

Related languages

Other languages in the Western Munic group:

More about Liabuku

Codes: ISO 639-3 lix, Glottolog liab1237. Glottolog macroarea: Papunesia.

Questions about Liabuku

Where is Liabuku spoken?

Liabuku is spoken in Indonesia. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Liabuku in?

Glottolog places Liabuku in the Austronesian family, in the branch Malayo-Polynesian, Celebic, Greater Eastern Celebic, Eastern Celebic, Southeastern Celebic, Muna-Buton, Nuclear Muna-Buton, Munan, Munic and Western Munic.

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