Kalao language

Kalao
Kalao
Kalaotoa
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Sulawesi
Native speakers	(500 cited 1989)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Celebic Wotu–Wolio Kalao–Laiyolo Kalao; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kly
Glottolog	kala1394
ELP	Kalao

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

References

^ Kalao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ 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)