Sulawesi linguistic area

E570184
Sprachbund linguistic area

The Sulawesi linguistic area is a region of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi characterized by intense contact among diverse Austronesian and Papuan languages, leading to shared structural features across otherwise unrelated language groups.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Central Flores languages area 1
Minahasan linguistic area 1
South Sulawesi linguistic area 1

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sprachbund ⓘ
linguistic area ⓘ
characterizedBy intense language contact ⓘ
shared structural features across different language families ⓘ
hasConsequence diffusion of lexical items ⓘ
shared grammatical patterns ⓘ
shared phonological features ⓘ
shared syntactic structures ⓘ
hasProperty areal diffusion of grammatical features ⓘ
complex language contact history ⓘ
contact-induced change ⓘ
high linguistic diversity ⓘ
structural convergence among unrelated languages ⓘ
hasRelevanceFor reconstruction of prehistory in Sulawesi ⓘ
the study of language contact in Island Southeast Asia ⓘ
the study of language convergence ⓘ
hasResearchTopic areal features shared by non-genealogically related languages ⓘ
contact-induced grammaticalization ⓘ
diffusion of alignment and voice systems ⓘ
diffusion of clause structure patterns ⓘ
diffusion of pronominal systems ⓘ
hasTypeOfContact Austronesian–Papuan contact NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesLanguageFamily Austronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Papuan languages ⓘ
languageEcology long-term intergroup contact ⓘ
multilingualism ⓘ
widespread bilingualism ⓘ
locatedIn Indonesia ⓘ
Maritime Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sulawesi NERFINISHED ⓘ
overlapsWith Central Sulawesi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Sulawesi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Sulawesi NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Eastern Indonesian linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedInField Austronesian linguistics ⓘ
Papuan linguistics ⓘ
areal linguistics ⓘ
contact linguistics ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Wolio language → hasLinguisticArea → Sulawesi linguistic area ⓘ
Saluan language → linguisticArea → Sulawesi linguistic area ⓘ
Uma language → linguisticArea → Sulawesi linguistic area ⓘ
Kalao language → partOf → Sulawesi linguistic area ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Sulawesi linguistic area
Tonsawang language → linguisticArea → Sulawesi linguistic area ⓘ
Tonsea language → isPartOf → Sulawesi linguistic area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minahasan linguistic area
Sikka people → linguisticArea → Sulawesi linguistic area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Flores languages area