Wotu language

Wotu
Native toIndonesia
RegionSulawesi
Ethnicity4,000 (2009)[1]
Native speakers
500 (2009)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3wtw
Glottologwotu1240
ELPWotu

Wotu is an endangered Austronesian language of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It belongs to the Wotu–Wolio branch of the Celebic subgroup.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b Wotu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Donohue, Mark. (2004). "The pretenders to the Muna-Buton group." In Bowden, J. and Himmelmann, N. (eds.). Papers in Austronesian subgrouping and dialectology, pp. 21-36. Canberra: Australian National University. (Pacific Linguistics 563)
  3. ^ Mead, David. (2003). "Evidence for a Celebic supergroup." In Lynch, John (ed.). Issues in Austronesian historical phonology, pp. 115-141. Canberra: Australian National University. (Pacific Linguistics 550)