ISO 639-3 · mhsmhs
Austronesian family
Buru
Buru is a language of the Central Maluku branch (Austronesian), spoken in Indonesia. Wikidata counts about 32,980 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “language in Cental Maluku, Indonesia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mhs- Glottocode
buru1303- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 12 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
6levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Buru |
|---|---|
| Also called | Buru (Indonesia), Buru language |
| All speakers | 32,980 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Buru
The branches above Buru, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Indonesia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeindIndonesianAustronesian · 199 m1 · NationaljavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroushakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · Developing