Wolio language

E135943

The Wolio language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Buton Island in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, and serves as an important regional lingua franca.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Wolio language canonical 19
Bahasa Wolio 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
branchOf Celebic languages ⓘ
Muna–Buton languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Cia-Cia language ⓘ
Kaimbulawa language ⓘ
Lasalimu language ⓘ
Muna language ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
ethnicGroup Butonese people ⓘ
Wolio people ⓘ
glottocode woli1242 ⓘ
glottologName Wolio ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Bahasa Wolio ⓘ
linked to: Wolio language

Butonese Wolio ⓘ
hasEndangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
hasLinguisticArea Sulawesi linguistic area ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic language ⓘ
linked to: Arabic

Dutch language ⓘ
linked to: Dutch
hasMorphologyType agglutinative ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (in some analyses) ⓘ
prenasalized stops ⓘ
hasRole regional lingua franca ⓘ
trade language ⓘ
hasStatus regional language in Indonesia ⓘ
hasWordOrder SVO ⓘ
influencedBy Indonesian language ⓘ
Malay language ⓘ
linked to: Malay
ISO639-3 wlo ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
primaryCity Baubau ⓘ
region Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia ⓘ
linked to: Southeast Sulawesi
spokenIn Buton Island ⓘ
Buton Regency ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Southeast Sulawesi ⓘ
Sulawesi ⓘ
linked to: Celebes
subfamilyOf Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca in Baubau area ⓘ
lingua franca on Buton Island ⓘ
usedInDomain Islamic religious texts (historically, in Arabic script) ⓘ
local administration (historically) ⓘ
traditional literature ⓘ
usesScriptHistorically Arabic script ⓘ
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Buri Wolio script ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Celebic languages → hasMember → Wolio language ⓘ
South Sulawesi languages → hasSubgroup → Wolio language ⓘ
Wolio language → hasAlternativeName → Bahasa Wolio ⓘ
linked to: Wolio language
Tukang Besi language → closelyRelatedTo → Wolio language ⓘ
Wotu–Wolio languages → haveMember → Wolio language ⓘ
Southeast Sulawesi → hasLocalLanguage → Wolio language ⓘ
Muna language → closelyRelatedTo → Wolio language ⓘ
Liabuku language → neighboringLanguages → Wolio language ⓘ
Kioko language → neighboringLanguages → Wolio language ⓘ
Buton Island → languageSpoken → Wolio language ⓘ
Tolaki → relatedTo → Wolio language ⓘ
Buton Regency → traditionalLanguage → Wolio language ⓘ
Buton Regency → localLanguages → Wolio language ⓘ
Wolio → hasAlternativeName → Bahasa Wolio ⓘ
linked to: Wolio language
Celebic → hasLanguage → Wolio language ⓘ
Wolio people → language → Wolio language ⓘ
Baubau → historicalLanguageCenterOf → Wolio language ⓘ
Muna–Buton → hasMember → Wolio language ⓘ
Buton Sultanate → hasLanguage → Wolio language ⓘ