Wolio in Indonesia

2. Status

Status

Official country wide language
Official regional language
Official minority language
Recognised community language
Unrecognised community language

National language

No

Indigenous language

Yes

Administrative units of the country

Baubau

Comments

Wolio is one of local languages in Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

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Video

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

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Audio

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

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Documentation: descriptions

Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
Dictionaries and grammars
Dictionary and grammar
Glossary and descriptions
Few descriptions
No descriptions

Standardization

Modern standard language
Young standard language
Standardised language
Quasi-standard language
Semi-standardised language
Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

Standardised writing system with full script encoding
Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
Consistent writing system with no script encoding
Unsystematic writing system(s)
Limited written use
No written use

4. Users

Geographical distribution

Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
Users live in one [state/...] of the country
Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

Rural
Urban

Administrative units of the country

The regencies of South Buton and Buton, and Bau-Bau Municipality, Southeast Sulawesi Province.

Comments

According to the speaker's information, the Wolio language in Baubau Municipality coexists with the Muna language, while the Wolio language in Buton Regency coexists with the Cia-Cia language.

Size / Number of users

Number of users

30000

Source

The Wolio vitality research report conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, Research and Technology (2016)

Year

2016

Comments

Wolio is the language of Wolio ethnic, a largest ethnic scattered over Buton Island, Muna and Kabaena, Southeast Sulawesi Province.

Users within total population

Less than 1% use the language

Users within the reference community

Less than 10% use the language

Actual percentage

10

Source

The Wolio vitality research report conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, Research and Technology (2016);
BPS-Statistics of Bau-Bau Municipality (2016)

Year

2016

Comments

This percentage is the proportion of Wolio users within Murhum Subdistrict, Bau-Bau Municipality.

Age distribution of users

0

percentage of members of young generations (< 15)

Source

The Wolio vitality research report conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, Research and Technology (2016)

Comments

All generations use the Wolio language but the stability of its use begins to decline.
There are no actual data on the percentage of members of young generations.

Age distribution of users

0

percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)

Source

The Wolio vitality research report conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, Research and Technology (2016)

Comments

All generations use the Wolio language but the stability of its use begins to decline.
There are no actual data on the percentage of members of middle generations.

Age distribution of users

0

percentage of members of older generations (> 65)

Source

The Wolio vitality research report conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, Research and Technology (2016)

Comments

All generations use the Wolio language but the stability of its use begins to decline.
There are no actual data on the percentage of members of older generations.

Generational use

47

60

2,116

Reduced among young generations

Source

BPS-Statistics of Bau-Bau Municipality (2016)

Year

2016

Comments

This figure is the percentage of generational language use in Melai Village, Murhum Subdistrict, Bau-Bau Municipality.

Educational attainment

Comments

There are no actual data on education attainment of Wolio community. The data has been not recorded yet.

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations

Comments

There are no actual data on occupational distribution of Wolio community. The data has been not recorded yet.

Language competence

Understand well, speak/sign some

Understand all, speak/sign well

Understand all, speak/sign fluently

Literacy of users

Less than 1% of users with literacy in the language

Digital use

Less than 1% digital users of the language

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope

International
Supranational
Cross-border (states)
State-wide
Supra-regional cross-border
Supra-regional
Regional cross-border
Regional
Local

Source

The result of language mapping in Indonesia conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, Research and Technology (2019)

Comments

The Wolio is spoken in the regencies of South Buton and Buton, Bau-Bau Municipality (Buton Island), Southeast Sulawesi.

Economic dimension

Economic scope

Quinary sector
Quaternary sector
Tertiary sector
Secondary sector
Primary sector
Language not used

Functional dimension

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Nature

exclusive

Stability

Decreasing

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Nature

exclusive

Stability

Decreasing

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration

International level
National level
Regional level
Local level
Auxiliary use
No use

Comments

Language use in administration is Indonesia

Ethnoculture

No use
Informal learning
Skills and knowledge
Performing arts
Social practices
Customary law
Traditional medicine
Knowledge and practices
Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Language not used

Comments

Language use in all level of formal education is Indonesia.

Public healthcare

Comments

Language use in healthcare domain is Indonesia

Information, communication and cultural production

Comments

Language use in information, communication and cultural production is Indonesia

Digital sphere

Comments

Language use in digital sphere is Indonesia

Legal system

Language use in the legal system

General use
Legal transactions
Court proceedings
Written submissions
Spoken/signed testimonies
Language not used

Comments

Language use in the legal system is Indonesia

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