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

Waru

A language of Indonesia (Sulawesi)

ISO 639-3wru

Population  350 (1991 SIL).
Region  Southeast Sulawesi, Konawe District, Asera subdistrict, Mopute village by Lindu River.
Language map  Indonesia, Sulawesi, reference number 111
Alternate names   Mapute, Mopute
Dialects  Waru, Lalomerui. Lexical similarity: 86% between the Waru and Lalomerui dialects, 79% with Tolaki [lbw] dialects and Mekongga (dial Tolaki [lbw]), 70% with Rahambuu [raz] and Kodeoha [vko], 54% with the Mori [mzq] or [xmz] and Bungku [bkz] groups.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Celebic, Eastern, Southeastern, Bungku-Tolaki, Western, West Coast
Comments  Muslim.