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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Indonesia (Maluku) > Buli

Buli

A language of Indonesia (Maluku)

ISO 639-3bzq

Population  2,520 (2000).
Region  North Maluku, central Halmahera, east coast. 3 villages.
Language map  Indonesia, Northern Maluku
Dialects  Buli, Wayamli (Wajamli, Jawanli).
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, South Halmahera-West New Guinea, South Halmahera, Southeast
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%.
Comments  Several communities of over 100 dwellings. Coconut plantations. Muslim, Christian.