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. They belong to the Celebic subgroup of the

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Languages

*Eastern: Banggai, Balantak *Saluanic: Andio, Bobongko, Saluan, Batui Grimes & Edwards (2021) have proposed the inclusion of Taliabo (Kadai, Padang/Samala, Mananga, Mangei/Soboyo)Charles Grimes & Owen Edwards (in process) ''Wallacean subgroups: unravelling the prehistory and classification of the Austronesian languages of eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste
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/ref> and the Saluan–Banggai languages in a common branch of Celebic, which they call ''Saluan–Taliabu''.Edwards, Owen; Charles E. Grimes. 2021.
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15th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (15-ICAL)
June 28 to July 2, 2021,

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References

External links

"Saluan-Banggai"
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