Boano
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A language of Indonesia
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Boan-diks, Bolano
Population
2,700 (Himmelmann 2001).
Location
Central Sulawesi province: Parigi Moutong sub-district, Bolano village; north peninsula, south coast, facing gulf of Tomini.
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Language Status
6b (Threatened).
Dialects
None known. Lexical similarity: 83% with Totoli [txe].
Language Use
Children are educated in Indonesian [ind] (Wurm 2007). Community. Some young people, all adults.
Language Resources
Different from Boano [bzn] in Maluku. Muslim.