Seko languages

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

{{Infobox language family

|name = Seko

|region = Sulawesi, Indonesia

|familycolor = Austronesian

|fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3 = South Sulawesi

|child1 = Seko Padang

|child2 = Seko Tengah

|child3 = Panasuan

|child4 = Budong-Budong

|glotto=seko1241

|glottorefname=Seko

}}

The Seko languages are a group of four closely related Austronesian languages spoken in West Sulawesi and South Sulawesi provinces, Indonesia. They make up a primary branch of the South Sulawesi subgroup.{{cite book|author= Grimes, C. E. and B. E. Grimes |title= Languages of South Sulawesi |url= https://archive.org/details/languagesofsouth0000grim |url-access= registration |year=1987|publisher= Canberra: Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University |isbn= 0858833522}}Friberg, T. and T.V. Laskowske (1989). "South Sulawesi languages". In: J.N. Sneddon (ed.), Studies in Sulawesi linguistics part 1, pp. 1-17. Jakarta: Badan Penyelenggara Seri Nusa. The languages of the Seko branch are: Seko Padang, Seko Tengah, Panasuan and Budong-Budong.Laskowske, Thomas. (2006). [http://www.sil.org/asia/philippines/ical/papers/laskowske-Proto%20Seko.pdf The Seko languages of South Sulawesi: a reconstruction.] Paper presented at the Tenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (10-ICAL), 17–20 January 2006, Palawan, Philippines.

The Badaic languages (namely Bada, Besoa, and Napu) are classified by Zobel (2020) with the Seko languages as part of a Seko–Badaic group within the South Sulawesi branch.{{cite journal |last=Zobel |first=Erik |last2= |first2= |date=2020 |title=The Kaili–Wolio Branch of the Celebic Languages |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/782054 |journal=Oceanic Linguistics |volume=59 |issue=1/2 |pages=297–346 |doi=10.1353/ol.2020.0014 |publisher=University of Hawai'i Press|url-access=subscription }}