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

Rahambuu

A language of Indonesia (Sulawesi)

ISO 639-3raz

Population  5,000 (1991 SIL).
Region  Southeast Sulawesi, North Kolaka District, Pakue subdistrict, west coast north of the Kodeoha.
Language map  Indonesia, Sulawesi, reference number 76
Alternate names   Wiau, Wiaoe, “Noihe”
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 87% between dialects, 75% with Kodeoha [vko], 70% with Tolaki [lbw], Mekongga dialect of Tolaki [lbw], and Waru [wru]; 54% with Mori [mzq] or [xmz] and Bungku [bkz] groups.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Celebic, Eastern, Southeastern, Bungku-Tolaki, Western, West Coast
Comments  Muslim.