Taloki

TLK

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Alternate Names: Talloki, Taluki

Dialects: Lexical similarity: 77% with Kulisusu ,; 75% with Koroni ,; 66% with Wawonii ,, Bungku ,, and Tulambatu dialect of Bungku ,; 65% with Moronene ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Celebic
Eastern
Southeastern
Bungku-Tolaki
Eastern
East Coast
Kulisusu

Demographics: 550 (2005 R. Van den Berg). 400 in Maligano, 150 in Wakalambe.

Language Use: Under pressure from Indonesian [ind] (Wurm 2007). High level of bilingualism in Muna [mnb] (Wurm 2007).

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Muslim.