Maiwa_language_(Sulawesi) Knowpia

Maiwa
Maiwa
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Sulawesi
Ethnicity	Maiwa, Massenrempulu
Native speakers	(50,000 cited 1990)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian South Sulawesi Northern Massenrempulu Maiwa; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wmm
Glottolog	maiw1250

Maiwa is an Austronesian language spoken by around 50,000 people in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It belongs to the Northern branch of the South Sulawesi subgroup, and is closely related to Duri, Enrekang and Malimpung.^[2]

References edit

^ Maiwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Friberg, Timothy and Thomas V. Laskowske. 1989. South Sulawesi languages. In: J.N.Sneddon (ed.), Studies in Sulawesi linguistics part 1, 1–17. (NUSA: Linguistic Studies of Indonesian and Other Languages in Indonesia, 31). Jakarta: Badan Penyelenggara Seri Nusa, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya.