Wotu–Wolio | |
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Geographic distribution | Sulawesi |
Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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Glottolog | wotu1239 |
The Wotu–Wolio languages are a group of closely related languages spoken in Sulawesi that belong to the Celebic subgroup of the Austronesian family.
The Wotu–Wolio languages comprise five languages which are grouped into three branches:
While in earlier classifications, Wolio, Laiyolo,[1] and later also Wotu,[2] were included in the Muna–Buton subgroup,[3] Donohue (2004) has shown that based on phonological evidence, the Wotu–Wolio languages form a distrinct subgroup of their own.[4]
Mead (2003) included the Wotu–Wolio languages as one out of six branches in the Celebic subgroup.[5]
Zobel (2018) classifies the Wotu–Wolio languages, which he calls Southern Kaili–Wolio, as:[6]
Ledo has Kaili–Pamona morphological and grammatical features, while its lexicon is mainly of Wotu–Wolio origin. Mamuju is traditionally classified as South Sulawesi, but has various words of Wotu–Wolio origin.[6]
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† indicate extinct languages |
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