Buru people
Ethnic Group in Indonesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Buru people (Indonesian: Suku Buru) is an ethnic group mostly living on Indonesian island Buru, as well as on some other Maluku Islands. They also call themselves Gebfuka or Gebemliar, which literally means "people of the world" or "people of the land". Buru people are related to the eastern Indonesian anthropological group and from an ethnographic point of view are similar to other indigenous peoples of the island Buru. They speak the Buru language.[1][2]
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Total population | |
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35,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Indonesia (Buru): 33,000 | |
Languages | |
Sula–Buru languages (Buru language), Indonesian language | |
Religion | |
Islam, Christianity, Animism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Lisela, Kayeli, Ambelay |
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