Boano language (Maluku)

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Maluku, Indonesia}}

{{distinguish|Boano language (Sulawesi)}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Boano

|altname=Buano

|nativename=

|states=Indonesia

|region=Boano Island, Maluku

|speakers=3,240

|date=1982

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian (MP)

|fam3=Central–Eastern MP

|fam4=Central Maluku ?

|fam5=East Central Maluku

|fam6=Seram ?

|fam7=Nunusaku

|fam8=Piru Bay

|fam9=West

|fam10=Hoamoal

|iso3=bzn

|glotto=boan1242

|glottorefname=Boano (Maluku)

}}

Boano (Buano) is an Austronesian language spoken in eastern Indonesia. It is spoken in Boano island, off the western end of Seram Island.