Buru language
Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Buru language (Nigeria).
Buru or Buruese (Buru: li fuk Buru[2]) is a Malayo-Polynesian language of the Central Maluku branch. In 1991 it was spoken by approximately 45,000 Buru people who live on the Indonesian island of Buru (Indonesian: Pulau Buru).[3] It is also preserved in the Buru communities on Ambon and some other Maluku Islands, as well as in the Indonesian capital Jakarta and in the Netherlands.[1]
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Buru | |
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li fuk Buru | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Buru Island (Maluku) |
Native speakers | 45,000 (2009)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | mhs |
Glottolog | buru1303 |
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The most detailed study of Buru language was conducted in the 1980s by Australian missionaries and ethnographers Charles E. Grimes and Barbara Dix Grimes.[4][5][6]