Rampi language

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Rampi
Native to Indonesia
Region Sulawesi
Native speakers
10,000 (2006) [1]
Dialects
  • Leboni
Language codes
ISO 639-3 lje
Glottolog ramp1243

Rampi is a language of Central and South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Classification

Rampi is classified as a Kaili–Pamona language by Ethnologue 23. Zobel (2020) classifies Rampi as a separate branch coordinate to South Sulawesi and Celebic. [2]

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References

  1. Rampi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Zobel, Erik (2020). "The Kaili–Wolio Branch of the Celebic Languages". Oceanic Linguistics. University of Hawai'i Press. 59 (1/2): 297–346. doi:10.1353/ol.2020.0014. S2CID   235064564.