South Sulawesi

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. Subgrouping Internal classification This classification follows Grimes & Grimes (1987) and the Ethnologue. Bugis Buginese: Buginese, Campalagian Tamanic: Embaloh, Taman Makassaric: Bentong, Coastal Konjo, Highland Konjo, Makassarese, Selayar Seko: Budong-Budong, Panasuan, Seko Padang, Seko Tengah Lemolang Northern Mamuju Mandar Massenrempulu: Duri, Enrekang, Malimpung, Maiwa Pitu Ulunna Salu: Aralle-Tabulahan, Dakka, Pannei, Bambam, Ulumanda’ Toraja: Kalumpang, Tae’, Mamasa (including Pattae', Central Mamasa, and Northern Mamasa), Toraja-Sa’dan, Talondo’ 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.