Highland Konjo language explained

Highland Konjo
Nativename:Konjo Pegunungan
States:Indonesia
Region:South Sulawesi
Date:2010
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:South Sulawesi
Fam4:Makassaric
Iso3:kjk
Glotto:high1275
Glottorefname:Highland Konjo

Highland Konjo is an Austronesian language of Sulawesi, Indonesia, which belongs to the Makassaric branch of the South Sulawesi subgroup. It is spoken in the interior parts of Bone, Bulukumba, Gowa, and Sinjai regencies of South Sulawesi province, in the area to the northwest of Mount Lompobatang. It is closely related to, but distinct from Coastal Konjo, which also belongs to the Makassaric languages.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Grimes, C. E. and B. E. Grimes . Languages of South Sulawesi . 1987 . Canberra: Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University . 0858833522 . 10.15144/PL-D78 . registration .
  2. 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.