South Sulawesian languages

South Sulawesian languages
Spoken in	Indonesia , South Sulawesi
speaker	7 million
Linguistic classification	Austronesian languages Malayo-Polynesian languages South Sulawesian languages

The South Sulawesian languages form a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian languages within the Austronesian language family . The group with 27 individual languages ​​is spoken by the Bugis , Macassars , Toraja , Mandar and other peoples of South Sulawesi , Indonesia.

languages

• Bugis
  • Buginese: Buginese , Campalagian
  • ? Taman languages : Mbalo , Taman
• Makassar : Bentong , Konjo , Macassar , Selayar
• Seko : Budong-Budong - Panasuan , Seko
• Lemolang
• Northern branch
  • Mamuju
  • Mandar
  • Masenrempulu : Malimpung - Maiwa , Duri , Enrekang
  • Pitu Ulunna Salu : Aralle-Tabulahan , Dakka , Pannei , Bambam , Ulumanda '
  • Toraja-Sa'dan : Kalumpang , Tae ' , Toraja-Sa'dan , Talondo' , Mamasa

The classification of the Taman languages, usually represented by Mbalo (Maloh, Embalo), is unclear. They remained unclassified for a long time until Adelaar and Himmelmann (2005) assumed a closer relationship with Buginese.

Individual evidence

• K. Alexander Adelaar, Nikolaus Himmelmann: The Austronesian languages ​​of Asia and Madagascar. Routledge, 2005.