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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Indonesia (Sulawesi) > Buol

Buol

A language of Indonesia (Sulawesi)

ISO 639-3blf

Population  75,000 (1989).
Region  Central Sulawesi; Paleleh, Bunobogu, Bokat, Momunu, Biau, Baolan subdistricts; north coast near Gorontalo Province border. 68 villages.
Language map  Indonesia, Sulawesi, reference number 22
Alternate names   Bual, Bwo’ol, Bwool, Dia
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 61% with Totoli [txe].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Greater Central Philippine, Gorontalo-Mongondow, Gorontalic
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Muslim.