South Sulawesi languages
Appearance
South Sulawesi | |
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Geographic distribution | Sulawesi |
Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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Glottolog | sout2923 |
The South Sulawesi languages are a group of languages spoken by the Bugis and related peoples of South Sulawesi province, Indonesia.
Languages
- Bugis
- Buginese: Buginese, Campalagian
- ? Tamanic: Mbalo, Taman
- Makassar: Bentong, Konjo, Makassarese, Selayar
- Seko: Budong-Budong–Panasuan, Seko
- Lemolang
- Northern
The position of the Tamanic languages, usually represented by Mbalo (Maloh, Embalo), is unclear. Long left unclassified, Adelaar and Himmelmann (2005) propose that they are especially close to the Buginese.
Footnotes
References
- K. Alexander Adelaar and Nikolaus Himmelmann, The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar. Routledge, 2005.