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South Sulawesi languages

New Guinea and Pacific Language Families

The South Sulawesi languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family, spoken primarily in the Indonesian provinces of South Sulawesi and West Sulawesi, with a small outlying pocket in West Kalimantan known as Tamanic.

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Region
South Sulawesi, West Sulawesi and a pocket in West Kalimantan, Indonesia 1
Proto-Language Status
Proto-South Sulawesi reconstructed by Mills (1975) 1
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Ancestor Of

Northern South Sulawesi is one of the primary branches of the South Sulawesi family, itself part of Celebic within Austronesian.

Sources
1. South Sulawesi languages - Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph
    They are primarily spoken in the Indonesian provinces of South Sulawesi and West Sulawesi, with a small outlying pocket in West Kalimantan
  • Proto-language section
    Proto-South Sulawesi (PSS) has been reconstructed by Mills (1975a, 1975b).
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