Alternate Names: Ikinyikiusa, Nahina, Tamboeko, Tambuku, Tobuco
Dialects: Bungku, Landawe, Routa, Torete (To Rete), Tulambatu, Waia. Lexical similarity: 81% with Torete, Waia, Tulambatu, and Landawe dialects; 38% with Pamona dialects ,; 88% with Landawe dialect; 84% with Waia dialect; 82% with Torete dialect; 74% with Wawonii ,; 66% with Taloki ,, Kulisusu ,, and Koroni ,; 65% with Moronene ,; 54% with the Mori and Tolaki groups; 82% with the Routa dialect.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 27,000 (2000 census), increasing.
Language Use: LWC before independence. Also use Indonesian [ind].
Nation of Origin: Indonesia
Other Comments: Muslim.