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Celebic languages

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Geographic distribution:
  
Sulawesi

Glottolog:
  
cele1242

Linguistic classification:
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Nuclear MP Celebic

The Celebic languages are a proposed group of Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken on the island of Sulawesi, formerly spelled Celebes. It would be the largest family of languages on that island.

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Languages

David Mead (2003a:125) classifies the Celebic languages as follows.

  • Kaili–Pamona
  • Tomini–Tolitoli
  • Wotu–Wolio
  • Eastern
  • Saluan–Banggai
  • Southeastern
  • Bungku–Tolaki
  • Muna–Buton

    • Sound changes

    David Mead (2003a:125) lists the following sound changes for Celebic and its subgroups.

    1. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian to Proto-Celebic

  • *C1C2 > *C2 (C1 not nasal)
  • *h > Ø
  • *d > *r
  • *ay, *-ey > *e
  • *-aw, *-ew > *o
  • *j > *y, Ø

    • 2. Proto-Celebic to Proto-Eastern Celebic

  • *e (schwa) > *o
  • *-iq > *eq
  • antepenultimate *a < *o

    • 3. Proto-Eastern Celebic to Proto-Saluan–Banggai

  • *-awa- > *oa
  • *-b, *-g > *p, *k
  • *q > *ʔ

    • 4. Proto-Eastern Celebic to Proto-Southeastern Celebic

  • *-w- > Ø
  • *s > *s, *h
  • *Z > *s
  • *ñ > n
  • *b > *b, *w

    • 5. Proto-Southeastern Celebic to Proto-Bungku–Tolaki

  • *q > *ʔ
  • *w- > *h
  • *ʀ > Ø initially and contiguous to *i

    • 6. Proto-Southeastern Celebic to Proto-Muna–Buton

  • *w > Ø
  • final consonant loss (?)

    • References

    Celebic languages Wikipedia
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