Cia-Cia language

The Cia-Cia language (Hangul: 바하사 찌아찌아, Roman: Bahasa Ciacia), also known as South Buton(ese), is an Austronesian language spoken principally around the town of Bau-Bau on the southern tip of Buton Island off the southeast coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia.

Cia-Cia
바하사 찌아찌아 Bahasa Ciacia
Region	Buton Island, Sulawesi
Native speakers	80,000 (as of 2005)  (date missing)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Nuclear MP Celebic Muna-Buton Buton Cia-Cia
Writing system	Hangul (as of 2009), formerly Gundul
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cia

Cia-Cia Language Media

• Sample of spoken Cia-Cia, recorded for Wikitongues

• Cia-Cia.jpg

  A student writing in Cia-Cia on a whiteboard, using the hangul script.