Wawonii

WOW

vigorous

Alternate Names: Wowonii

Dialects: Menui (Manoei), Wawonii. Lexical similarity: 75% with Bungku , and Tulambatu dialect of Bungku ,, 66% with Taloki ,, Kulisusu ,, and Koroni ,, 65% with Moronene ,.

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 30,000 (2004 D. Andersen), increasing. 22,500 Wawonii, 7,500 Menui.

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Muslim.