Seko languages explained

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.^{[1] [2]} The languages of the Seko branch are: Seko Padang, Seko Tengah, Panasuan and Budong-Budong.^[3]

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.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Grimes, C. E. and B. E. Grimes . Languages of South Sulawesi . registration . 1987. Canberra: Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University . 0858833522.
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.
3. Laskowske, Thomas. (2006). 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.
4. Zobel . Erik . 2020 . The Kaili–Wolio Branch of the Celebic Languages . Oceanic Linguistics . 59 . 1/2 . 297-346 . 10.1353/ol.2020.0014 . University of Hawai'i Press.