Wawonii language

Wawonii
Wowoni
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Wawonii Island, Sulawesi
Native speakers	30,000 (2004)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Celebic Bungku–Tolaki Wawonii
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wow
Glottolog	wawo1239

Wawonii (Wowoni) is an Austronesian language (one of the Celebic languages) of the Wawonii (Konawe Kepulauan Regency, Southeast Sulawesi) and Menui (in Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi) islands of Indonesia. The language is quite close to the Bungku language.^[1]

References

1. Wawonii at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Further reading

• Mead, David. 1998. Proto-Bungku-Tolaki: Reconstruction of its phonology and aspects of its morphosyntax. PhD dissertation. Houston: Rice University.
• Mead, David. 1999. The Bungku–Tolaki languages of south-eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Series D-91. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.