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

Andio

A language of Indonesia (Sulawesi)

ISO 639-3bzb

Population  1,700 (1991 SIL).
Region  Central Sulawesi, Banggai District, Lamala subdistrict, east peninsula, Taugi and Tangeban villages.
Language map  Indonesia, Sulawesi, reference number 1
Alternate names   Andio’o, Imbao’o, Masama
Dialects  Related to Balantak [blz], Saluan [loe]. Lexical similarity: 44% with Bobongko [bgb], 62% with Coastal Saluan, 66% with Balantak.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Celebic, Eastern, Saluan-Banggai, Western
Comments  ‘Masama’ is preferred local name. Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BUSENITZ, Robert L., author. 1991. Lexicostatistic and sociolinguistic survey of Balantak and Andio.

MEAD, David, author. 2003. "The Saluan-Banggai micro group of eastern Sulawesi."