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

South Sulawesi
Geographic
distribution
Sulawesi, West Kalimantan
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Proto-languageProto-South Sulawesi
Subdivisions
Glottologsout2923
Map showing the distribution of the South Sulawesi languages in Sulawesi and Kalimantan

Subgrouping



Internal classification


This classification follows Grimes & Grimes (1987) and the Ethnologue.[1][2]

The position of the Tamanic languages, spoken in West Borneo, was unclear until the end of the last century. The Dutch linguist K.A. Adelaar showed that they are especially close to Buginese and thus can be included in the South Sulawesi subgroup.[3]

Zobel (2020) also classifies the Badaic languages with Seko as part of a Seko–Badaic group within the South Sulawesi branch.[4]

Notes: Italic writing is considered a dialect and not a separate language.


Position within Austronesian


At the current state of research, the South Sulawesi languages are considered to make up a primary branch of the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup within the Austronesian language family.[5]


South Sulawesi influence in Malagasy


Adelaar (1995) suggested that the vocabulary of Malagasy, next to its basic stratum inherited from Barito and loanwords from Malay, also contains many words that are of South Sulawesi origin.[6] Further evidence was presented by Blench (2018).[7]


Reconstruction


Proto-South Sulawesi
Reconstruction ofSouth Sulawesi languages
RegionSulawesi
Reconstructed
ancestors
Proto-Austronesian
  • Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Proto-South Sulawesi (PSS) has been reconstructed by Mills (1975a, 1975b).[8][9]


Phonology



Vowels

Front Central Back
Close *i *u
Mid *e *o
Open *a

The Proto-South-Sulawesi vowel *ɨ is a reflex of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (PMP) *ə. It is only preserved in Buginese, in all other languages it mostly became a (but under certain circumstances also i, u, e, and rarely o).[10]

The main sources of the mid vowels are PMP *-iq/*-ay, which became *e, and *-uq/*-aw, which became *o,[11] e.g.

PMP *putiq > PSS *pute 'white'
PMP *matay > PSS *mate 'dead'
PMP *suluq > PSS *sulo 'torch'
PMP *pisaw > PSS *piso 'knife'

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Stop voiceless *p *t *c *k
voiced *b *d *j *g
Fricative voiceless *s
voiced *z
Nasal *m *n
Lateral *l
Trill *r
Approximant *w *y

The velar fricative *ɣ only appears in final position as a reflex of PMP *R,[12] while *z only is found in medial position as a reflex of PMP *j.[13]


See also



References



Citations


  1. Grimes & Grimes (1987).
  2. South Sulawesi at Ethnologue (23rd ed., 2020).
  3. Adelaar (1994).
  4. Zobel, Erik (2020). "The Kaili–Wolio Branch of the Celebic Languages". Oceanic Linguistics. 59 (1/2): 297–346. doi:10.1353/ol.2020.0014.
  5. Smith (2017), p. 474.
  6. Adelaar (1995).
  7. Blench (2018).
  8. Mills (1975a).
  9. Mills (1975b).
  10. Mills (1975a), p. 262–265.
  11. Mills (1975a), p. 257.
  12. Mills (1975a), p. 360.
  13. Mills (1975a), p. 310.

Bibliography



Further reading





На других языках


[de] Süd-Sulawesische Sprachen

Die Süd-Sulawesischen Sprachen bilden einen Zweig der malayo-polynesischen Sprachen innerhalb der austronesischen Sprachfamilie. Die Gruppe mit 27 Einzelsprachen wird von den Bugis, Makassaren, Toraja, Mandar und weiteren Völkern von Südsulawesi, Indonesien, gesprochen.
- [en] South Sulawesi languages

[it] Lingue di Sulawesi meridionale

Le lingue di Sulawesi meridionale[1] sono lingue maleo-polinesiache parlata in Indonesia, nella parte meridionale dell'isola di Sulawesi.



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