David Mead (2003a:125) classifies the Celebic languages as follows.
Tomini–Tolitoli
Kaili–Pamona
Wotu–Wolio
Eastern
Saluan–Banggai
Southeastern
Bungku–Tolaki
Muna–Buton
More recently, Zobel (2020) proposed that Kaili–Pamona and Wotu–Wolio form a Kaili–Wolio group, which Zobel places as a primary subgroup of Celebic. Furthermore, in Zobel's (2020) classification, Kaili–Wolio is placed as a sister to group to Tominic–Eastern Celebic, which contains Mead's (2003) Tomini–Tolitoli and Eastern Celebic groups.
At the current state of research, the Celebic languages are considered to make up a primary branch of the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup within the Austronesian language family.
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