Kaili–Pamona languages
{{short description|Subgroup of the Austronesian language family}}
{{Infobox language family
|name=Kaili–Pamona
|altname=
|region=Sulawesi
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Celebic
|child1=Northern (Kaili–Pamona proper)
|child2=Southern (Uma–Badaic)
|glotto=nort2898
|glottoname=Northern Kaili-Wolio
|glotto2=bada1260
|glottoname2=Badaic
}}
The Kaili–Pamona languages are a branch of the Celebic subgroup in the Austronesian language family spoken in western Central Sulawesi province, Indonesia.{{Cite book |last=Barr |first=Donald F. |url=https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/37435 |title=Languages of Central Sulawesi: Checklist, Preliminary Classification, Language Maps, Wordlists |last2=Barr |first2=Sharon G. |last3=Salombe |first3=C. |date=1979 |publisher=Hasanuddin University |location=Ujung Pandang |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Mead |first=David |title=Issues in Austronesian Historical Phonology |publisher=Pacific Linguistics |year=2003 |editor-last=Lynch |editor-first=John |series=Pacific Linguistics 550 |location=Canberra |pages=115–141 |language=en |chapter=Evidence for a Celebic Supergroup |doi=10.15144/PL-550 |hdl=1885/146173 |doi-access=free |hdl-access=free}}
Languages
Per the 23rd edition of Ethnologue, languages classed under the Kaili–Pamona languages grouping include the following:
- Northern
- Kaili: Kaili (Ledo Kaili, Da'a Kaili, Unde Kaili, Baras), Lindu, Moma (Kulawi), Topoiyo, Sedoa
- Pamona: Pamona (Bare’e), Tombelala
- Southern
- Rampi
- Uma
- Sarudu
- Badaic: Bada, Behoa (Besoa), Napu
Zobel (2020) lists the Kaili–Pamona languages, which he calls Northern Kaili–Wolio, as Common Kaili, Sedoa, Kulawi, Lindu, Topoiyo, Uma, and Pamona. The Badaic languages (Bada, Besoa, and Napu) are excluded and reclassified with the Seko languages as part of the South Sulawesi branch, while Rampi is excluded as a separate branch coordinate to South Sulawesi and Celebic.{{Cite journal |last=Zobel |first=Erik |date=2020 |title=The Kaili–Wolio Branch of the Celebic Languages |journal=Oceanic Linguistics |language=en |volume=59 |issue=1/2 |pages=297–346 |doi=10.1353/ol.2020.0014}}{{rp|301-302}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.ethnologue.com/subgroups/kaili-pamona "Kaili-Pamona"] at Ethnologue (23rd ed, 2020).
{{Celebic languages}}
{{Languages of Indonesia}}
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