Laiyolo language

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

Laiyolo
Loa’
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Sulawesi
Native speakers	(800 cited 1997)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Celebic Wotu–Wolio Kalao–Laiyolo Laiyolo
Dialects	Laiyolo Barang-Barang
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lji
Glottolog	laiy1246
ELP	Laiyolo

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

References

1. Laiyolo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. 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.