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Laiyolo
Laiyolo
Loa’
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Sulawesi
Ethnicity	Selayar people
Native speakers	(800 cited 1997)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Celebic Wotu–Wolio Kalao–Laiyolo Laiyolo; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Laiyolo; Lowa; Barang-Barang;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lji
Glottolog	laiy1246
ELP	Laiyolo

Laiyolo (Layolo) or Loa’^[2] is an Austronesian language of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. This language is spoken on the southern tip of Selayar Island by the Selayar people and belongs to the Wotu–Wolio branch of the Celebic subgroup.^[3]^[4]

Barang-Barang and Lowa is a variety of Laiyolo.^[5]

References

↑ Laiyolo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ 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)
↑ 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)
↑ 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)
↑ Laidig, Wyn D. and Maingak, Sahabu Dg. 1999. Barang-barang phonology: a preliminary description. In Wyn D. Laidig (ed.), Studies in Sulawesi linguistics, part VI, 46-83. Jakarta, Indonesia: Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya.

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