Wotu–Wolio languages

The Wotu–Wolio languages are a group of closely related languages spoken in Sulawesi that belong to the Celebic subgroup of the Austronesian family.

Wotu–Wolio
Geographic
distribution		Sulawesi
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Glottologwotu1239[1]

Classification

The Wotu–Wolio languages comprise five languages which are grouped into three branches:

While in earlier classifications, Wolio, Laiyolo,[2] and later also Wotu,[3] were included in the Muna–Buton subgroup,[4] Donohue (2004) has shown that based on phonological evidence, the Wotu–Wolio languages form a distrinct subgroup of their own.[5]

Mead (2003) included the Wotu–Wolio languages as one out of six branches in the Celebic subgroup.[6]

References
  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Wotu–Wolio". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. Esser, S.J. (1938). "Talen". Atlas van Tropisch Nederland. Blad 9a. Batavia: Topografische Dienst.
  3. Grimes, C. E.; Grimes, B. E. (1987). Languages of South Sulawesi. Canberra: Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. doi:10.15144/PL-D78. ISBN 0858833522.
  4. Noorduyn, J. (1991). "The Languages of Sulawesi". In H. Steinhauer (ed.). Papers in Austronesian linguistics. Pacific Linguistics A-81. Canberra: Australian National University.
  5. Donohue, Mark (2004). "The pretenders to the Muna-Buton group". In John Bowden and Nikolaus Himmelmann (eds.). Papers in Austronesian subgrouping and dialectology. Pacific Linguistics 563. Canberra: Australian National University. pp. 21–35. doi:10.15144/PL-563.21.CS1 maint: uses editors parameter (link)
  6. 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)

Further reading
  • Mead, David; Smith, Joanna. "The voice systems of Wotu, Barang-barang and Wolio: Synchronic and diachronic perspectives". In Malcolm D. Ross and I Wayan Arka (eds.). Language Change in Austronesian languages: papers from 12-ICAL, Volume 3. Asia-Pacific linguistics 018 / Studies on Austronesian languages 004. pp. 51–78. hdl:1885/13386.CS1 maint: uses editors parameter (link)
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