Northern South Sulawesi languages

{{short description|Subgroup of the Austronesian language family}}

{{Infobox language family

|name=Northern South Sulawesi

|altname=

|region= Indonesia (Sulawesi)

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=South Sulawesi

|child1=Mandar

|child2=Mamuju

|child3=Pitu Ulunna Salu

|child4=Massenrempulu

|child5=Toraja

|glotto=nort2894

|glottorefname=Northern South Sulawesi

}}

The Northern South Sulawesi languages are a subgroup of the South Sulawesi languages in the Austronesian language family. They are spoken in an area that stretches from the western peninsula of Sulawesi to the Gulf of Bone, Indonesia. Its most prominent members are Mandar and Toraja.

==Classification==

Northern South Sulawesi is divided into five branches:{{cite book |last1=Grimes |first1=C. E. |last2=Grimes |first2=B. E. |title=Languages of South Sulawesi |year=1987 |location=Canberra |publisher=Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University |doi=10.15144/PL-D78 |isbn=0858833522 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/languagesofsouth0000grim }}{{cite book |last1=Friberg |first1=Timothy |last2=Laskowske |first2=Thomas V. |year=1989 |chapter=South Sulawesi languages |editor=J.N. Sneddon |title=Studies in Sulawesi linguistics part 1 |pages=1–17 |series=NUSA 17 |place=Jakarta |publisher=Badan Penyelenggara Seri Nusa |chapter-url=http://sealang.net/archives/nusa/pdf/nusa-v31-p1-18.pdf}}

• Mandar
• Mamuju
• Pitu Ulunna Salu
• Aralle-Tabulahan
• Bambam
• Dakka
• Pannei
• Ulumanda’
• Massenrempulu
• Duri
• Enrekang
• Maiwa
• Malimpung
• Toraja
• Kalumpang
• Mamasa (including Pattae')
• Tae’
• Talondo’
• Toraja-Sa’dan

The Pitu Ulunna Salu, Massenrempulu and Toraja branches were already recognized by van der Veen (1929) as distinct units.{{cite journal |last=van der Veen |first=Hendrik |year=1929 |title=Nota betreffende de grenzen van de Sa'dansche taalgroep en het haar aanverwante taalgebied |journal=Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde |volume=69 |pages=58–96}}