Wotu-Wolio languages

Wotu-Wolio languages
Spoken in	Indonesia ( Southeast Sulawesi )
speaker	45,000
Linguistic classification	Austronesian languages Malayo-Polynesian languages Celebic languages Wotu-Wolio languages

The Wotu-Wolio languages form a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian languages within the Austronesian languages . The group of closely related languages ​​is spoken on the islands of Buton , Selayar and Kalao, as well as in the vicinity of the village of Wotu in South Sulawesi . They are classified as a subset of the Celebic languages .

The individual languages ​​are:

• Kalao : Kalao , Laiyolo
• Wolio – Kamaru : Wolio , Kamaru
• Wotu

Individual evidence

1. ↑ K. Alexander Adelaar and Nikolaus Himmelmann, The Austronesian languages ​​of Asia and Madagascar. Routledge, 2005
2. ↑ Donohue, Mark. (2004). "The pretenders to the Muna-Buton group." In Bowden, J. and Himmelmann, N. (eds.). Papers in Austronesian subgrouping and dialectology , pp. 21-36. Canberra: Australian National University. (Pacific Linguistics 563)
3. ↑ Mead, David. (2003). "Evidence for a Celebic supergroup." In Lynch, John (ed.). Issues in Austronesian historical phonology , pp. 115-141. Canberra: Australian National University. (Pacific Linguistics 550)