Butonese people Orang Buton / Butuni / Butung / Wolio
Portrait of an embassy of Buton, Residency of Celebes and Dependencies, Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia), circa 1900.
Total population
233,000
Regions with significant populations
Indonesia: Tukangbesi Islands, Southeast Sulawesi (215,000) Maluku (province) West Papua (province) Malaysia Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan, Tawau (18,000)
Languages
Muna–Buton languages (Cia-Cia language, Lasalimu language, Kumbewaha language), Wolio language, Indonesian language
Religion
Islam (predominantly)
Related ethnic groups
Bonerate people, Muna people
The Butonese (sometimes Butuni, Butung) people is a collective term that embraces a number of ethnic groups of Buton and neighbouring islands in Southeast Sulawesi. Like many other ethnic groups in Sulawesi, the Butonese are seafarers and traders.[1] Butonese have long since migrated to many parts of the Malay archipelago using smaller vessels ranging from those that can only accommodate five people to large boats that can hold up to about 150 tons of goods. In general, the Butonese are a community that inhabits the region of the historical Buton Sultanate. When the swapraja (self-governance, created by the Dutch colonial government) domain was abolished, so did the Buton Sultanate which ended in 1951.[2] The area of the former Sultanate is now distributed over several regencies and cities of Southeast Sulawesi. Among them are Baubau, Buton Regency, South Buton Regency, Central Buton Regency, North Buton Regency, Wakatobi Regency and Bombana Regency.
Occasionally, the Bajau people are mislabeled as Butonese people.[3]
^Aris Ananta (2002). The Indonesian Crisis: A Human Development Perspective. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN 981-230-171-2.
^Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin (2013). Adat and Indigeneity in Indonesia: Culture and Entitlements between Heteronomy and Self-Ascription Göttingen Studies in Cultural. Universitätsverlag Göttingen. ISBN 978-3-86395-132-0.
^Natasha Stacey (2007). Boats to Burn: Bajo Fishing Activity in the Australian Fishing Zone(PDF). ANU E Press. doi:10.22459/BB.06.2007. ISBN 978-1-920942-95-3.
The Butonese (sometimes Butuni, Butung) people is a collective term that embraces a number of ethnic groups of Buton and neighbouring islands in Southeast...
Butonese can refer to: Butonesepeople from Buton, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. Butonese languages, a group of languages spoken by both Muna people...
the second largest city in the province. It was cultural center of Butonesepeople and former capital of Sultanate of Buton, colonial administration of...
Demographics Population 414,899 (2020 Census) Pop. density 87.8/km2 (227.4/sq mi) Ethnic groups Butonesepeople Additional information Time zone WITA (UTC+8)...
Andi Mappanyukki and Karaeng Matoaya. Butonesepeople have titles such as La (male) and Wa (female). People with such titles include, for example, La...
especially for women, and the ceremony is called Karia and for the Butonesepeople it's called Pusuo. The Karia ceremony is a very important ceremony...
the Pelita, Gambus and Mardika markets while a large settlement of Butonesepeople around the Gambus market was also looted and destroyed. An Islamic...
(2020) Pop. density 114.5/km2 (296.6/sq mi) Ethnic groups Muna people, Butonesepeople, Bugis, Javanese Additional information Time zone WITA (UTC+8)...
The Bonerate people are an ethnic group in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. They inhabit around the Selayar island group such as Bonerate, Madu, Kalaotoa, and...
million people. The Makassarese account for 1.5 million people, the Mandarese have 0.5 million people. Other primary ethnic groups include the Butonese, Toraja...
also inhabit the island, namely the Butonese, Ambonese, Banggai, Bugis-Makassar and Javanese. Although the people of Taliabu consist of various tribes...
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Minahasa, a predominantly Protestant people, and the northernmost Sangir and Talaud Islands. The Toraja people of Tana Toraja in South Sulawesi have...
subsequently brought under the control of entrepreneurial Bugis, Makassarese, and Butonese immigrants from South Sulawesi, while East Timor products were exported...
predominant religion (96.2%). According to the 2021 estimates, 2,560,000 people were Muslims, 50,780 were Hindus, 44,870 were Protestants, 16,180 were Roman...
mostly by Makassarese and Buginese. The remainder are Torajans, Mandarese, Butonese, Chinese and Javanese. The current population in mid 2023 is approximately...
local, regional level, spoken by a small number of people, ranging from a few to a few thousands of people. These include small languages such as Benggoi...
Arung Palakka were so successful in stirring up discontent among the Butonese and Buginese that he was able to assemble an army of 10,000 men, for which...
Islamic teachings. Other than Muhammad Idrus Kaimuddin, several other Butonese poets came from the royal family of Buton, such as La Ode Kobu (Metapasina...
account, Marhum was the first ruler of Ternate and was of either Javanese or Butonese descent. On the contrary, Valentijn says that he was the son and successor...
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