Bobongko language

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Bobongko
Native toIndonesia
RegionSulawesi
Native speakers
1,500 (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bgb
Glottologbobo1255
ELPBobongko

Bobongko is an Austronesian language of the Togian Islands off the eastern peninsula of the island of Sulawesi. It belongs to the Saluan–Banggai branch of the Celebic subgroup. Bobongko also contains several loanwords of Gorontalo–Mongondow origin.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Bobongko at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Mead, David (2003b). "The Saluan-Banggai microgroup of eastern Sulawesi" (PDF). In Lynch, John (ed.). Issues in Austronesian historical phonology. Pacific Linguistics 550. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 65–86.



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