Wawonii language
{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Wawonii
|altname=Wowoni
|states=Indonesia
|region=Wawonii Island, Sulawesi
|speakers=30,000
|date=2004
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Celebic
|fam4=Bungku–Tolaki
|fam6=Eastern
|fam7=East Coast
|iso3=wow
|glotto=wawo1239
|glottorefname=Wawonii
}}
Wawonii (Wowoni) is an Austronesian language (one of the Celebic languages) of the Wawonii (Konawe Kepulauan Regency, Southeast Sulawesi) and Menui (in Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi) islands of Indonesia. The language is quite close to the Bungku language.
References
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Further reading
- Mead, David. 1998. Proto-Bungku-Tolaki: Reconstruction of its phonology and aspects of its morphosyntax. PhD dissertation. Houston: Rice University.
- Mead, David. 1999. The Bungku–Tolaki languages of south-eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Series D-91. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
{{Celebic languages}}
{{Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages}}
{{Languages of Indonesia}}
Category:Bungku–Tolaki languages
Category:Languages of Sulawesi
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