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Muna
Wamba Wuna
Native toSulawesi, Indonesia
RegionMuna Island, Buton Island
Native speakers
270,000 (2010 census)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Celebic
      • Muna–Buton
        • Munan
          • Munic
            • Western
              • Muna
Language codes
ISO 639-3mnb
Glottologmuna1247
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Muna is an Austronesian language spoken principally on the island of Muna as well as North-west Buton Island, off the southeast coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia.[2] The language is well-documented, especially by linguist René van den Berg. In 2010, the language had around 270,000 speakers.[1]

  1. ^ a b Muna at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Van de Berg, René (1989). A Grammar of the Muna Language. Holland: Foris Publications. ISBN 9789067654548.

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