Alternate Names: Boetoneezen, Buton, Butonese, Butung, South Buton, Southern Butung
Dialects: Kaesabu, Masiri, Sampolawa (Mambulu-Laporo), Wabula. Lexical similarity: 93% with Masiri dialect, 74% with Kambe-Kambero dialect of Kaimbulawa ,, 69% with Busoa ,, 67% with Lontoi dialect of Kaimbulawa ,, 66% with Liabuku ,, 61% with Wolio ,, 60% with Muna ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 79,000 (2005 SIL).
Language Use: Vigorous. All ages. Also use Wolio [wlo].
Nation of Origin: Indonesia
Other Comments: Language name based on the negator, cia (no). Muslim.