Northern South Sulawesi languages

The Northern South Sulawesi languages are a subgroup of the South Sulawesi languages in the Austronesian language family. They are spoken in an area that stretches from the western peninsula of Sulawesi to the Gulf of Bone, Indonesia.^[1] Its most prominent members are Mandar and Toraja.

Northern South Sulawesi
Geographic distribution	Indonesia (Sulawesi)
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian South Sulawesi Northern South Sulawesi
Subdivisions	Mandar Mamuju Pitu Ulunna Salu Massenrempulu Toraja
Language codes
Glottolog	nort2894

Classification

Northern South Sulawesi is divided into five branches:^[2][1]

• Mandar
• Mamuju
• Pitu Ulunna Salu
  • Aralle-Tabulahan
  • Bambam
  • Dakka
  • Pannei
  • Ulumanda’
• Massenrempulu
  • Duri
  • Enrekang
  • Maiwa
  • Malimpung
• Toraja
  • Kalumpang
  • Mamasa (including Pattae')
  • Tae’
  • Talondo’
  • Toraja-Sa’dan

The Pitu Ulunna Salu, Massenrempulu and Toraja branches were already recognized by van der Veen (1929) as distinct units.^[3]

See also

• Language portal
• Indonesia portal

• Languages of Sulawesi
• Languages of Indonesia