Celebic–South Halmahera languages

E29500

Austronesian language subgroup proposed language subgroup

The Celebic–South Halmahera languages are a proposed subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in Sulawesi and the southern Halmahera region of eastern Indonesia.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
South Halmahera languages	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language subgroup ⓘ proposed language subgroup ⓘ
arealContext	eastern Indonesia ⓘ
basedOn	lexical evidence ⓘ morphological evidence ⓘ phonological evidence ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Sulawesi and southern Halmahera ⓘ
glottologStatus	not universally recognized as a single node ⓘ
hasAlternativeClassification	Celebic as independent primary branch of Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ South Halmahera–West New Guinea as separate subgroup ⓘ
hasMember	Bacan language ⓘ Buli language ⓘ Bungku–Tolaki languages ⓘ Gane language ⓘ Muna–Buton languages ⓘ surface form: Kaili–Pamona languages Mori Atas language ⓘ Muna–Buton languages ⓘ Saluan–Banggai languages ⓘ Sawai language ⓘ Ternate language ⓘ Tidore language ⓘ Tomini–Tolitoli languages ⓘ Tukang Besi language ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Celebic languages ⓘ Celebic–South Halmahera languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: South Halmahera languages
languageBranch	Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ surface form: Austronesian
partOf	Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
proposalStatus	controversial ⓘ not universally accepted ⓘ
proposedBy	Robert Blust ⓘ
reconstructedFrom	Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
region	Wallacea ⓘ
relatedTo	South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages ⓘ
researchFocus	internal subgrouping of Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ
shareFeature	innovations in pronominal systems ⓘ shared sound changes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ
spokenIn	Indonesia ⓘ Halmahera ⓘ surface form: South Halmahera Celebes ⓘ surface form: Sulawesi eastern Indonesia ⓘ
subclassOf	Austronesian languages ⓘ
subjectOf	comparative-historical linguistic research ⓘ
timeOfProposal	late 20th century ⓘ
typologicalFeature	predominantly agglutinative morphology ⓘ verb-initial or verb-medial basic word order ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Austronesian languages → hasSubfamily → Celebic–South Halmahera languages ⓘ

Celebic–South Halmahera languages → hasSubgroup → Celebic–South Halmahera languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Halmahera languages