Cia-Cia language

Cia-Cia
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

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 Language Media

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

References

↑ Cia-Cia language at Ethnologue

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Cia-Cia
바하사 찌아찌아 Bahasa Ciacia
Region	Buton Island, Sulawesi
Native speakers	80,000 (as of 2005)^[1] (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`