The classification of the Badaic languages has been controversial. While traditionally held to be a branch of theKaili-Pamona languages,[3][4]they share many features with languages of theSekobranch of theSouth Sulawesi languages[2]and have been reclassified in recent sugrouping proposals as South Sulawesi languages that were strongly influenced by Kaili-Pamona languages.[5][6]
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^Laskowske, Tom. (2007). "The Seko languages of South Sulawesi: a reconstruction". In David Mead (ed.),Studies in Philippine languages & cultures: 10-ICAL historical comparative papers,pp. 115–210. Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines and Summer Institute of Linguistics.
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