The Seko languages are a group of four closely related
Austronesian languages spoken in
West Sulawesi
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and
South Sulawesi provinces,
Indonesia
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. They make up a primary branch of the
South Sulawesi subgroup. The languages of the Seko branch are:
Seko Padang,
Seko Tengah,
Panasuan and
Budong-Budong.
[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.
The
Badaic languages
The Badaic languages are a group of three closely related Austronesian languages spoken in the North Lore and South Lore districts in Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, viz. Bada (Bada’), Behoa (Besoa), and Napu. The three languages ...
(namely
Bada
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,
Besoa, and
Napu) are classified by Zobel (2020) with the Seko languages as part of a ''Seko–Badaic'' group within the
South Sulawesi branch.
References
Languages of Sulawesi
South Sulawesi languages
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