The Kaili–Wolio Branch of the Celebic Languages

Abstract

Abstract:In this paper, I want to present evidence for a Kaili–Wolio subbranch of the Celebic branch of the Malayo–Polynesian subgroup. This proposal unites languages that were assigned to two subbranches of Celebic in previous classifications, viz. Kaili–Pamona and Wotu–Wolio. An outline of the phonological history from Proto Malayo–Polynesian to Proto Kaili–Wolio and its daughter languages is presented, together with an initial corpus of Proto Kaili–Wolio reconstructions.