Tukang Besi | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Sulawesi, Tukang Besi Archipelago |
Native speakers | (250,000 cited 1995)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:khc – Tukang Besi Northbhq – Tukang Besi South |
Glottolog | tuka1247 |
Tukang Besi is an Austronesian language spoken in the Tukangbesi Islands in southeast Sulawesi in Indonesia by a quarter million speakers. A Tukang Besi pidgin is used in the area.[2]
Tukang Besi Pidgin | |
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Native speakers | None |
Tukang Besi–based pidgin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | pidg1257 |