Muna–Buton languages

Muna–Buton
Geographic
distribution		 Sulawesi
Linguistic classification Austronesian
Subdivisions
  • Nuclear Muna-Buton
  • Tukang Besi
Glottolog muna1246[1]

The Muna–Buton languages are a group of languages spoken on the islands of Muna and Buton off the coast of South East Sulawesi province, Indonesia. They belong to the Celebic subgroup of the Austronesian family.[2][3]

Languages

Per Ethnologue 16/17:

Busoa and Kaimbulawa are not specifically classified.

Another possible Buton language is Hukumina, which was spoken on Buru Island but may have been the remnant of an old migration from Buton.

References

  1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Muna–Buton". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. ↑ Van den Berg, René. (2003). "The place of Tukang Besi and the Muna-Buton languages". In Lynch, John (ed.). Issues in Austronesian historical phonology, pp. 87-114. Canberra: Australian National University. (Pacific Linguistics 550)
  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)


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