The Seko languages are a group of four closely related Austronesian languages spoken in

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and

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provinces,

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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 Budong-Budong is an Austronesian language of Sulawesi, Indonesia, spoken in the village of Tongkou, Budong-Budong Subdistrict, Central Mamuju Regency. Together with Seko Padang, Seko Tengah and Panasuan, it belongs to the Seko branch of the ...

.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 (namely

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, and Napu) are classified by Zobel (2020) with the Seko languages as part of a ''Seko–Badaic'' group within the

branch.

References

Languages of Sulawesi South Sulawesi languages {{austronesian-lang-stub