MAMUJU: a language of Indonesia (Sulawesi)

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: MQX

ISO 639-2: map

Population 60,000 (1991 SIL) including 50,000 in Mamuju dialect. 
Region South Sulawesi, Mamuju District, on the coast of Mamuju, Kalukku, and Budong-Budong subdistricts.
Alternate names   MAMUDJU, UDAI, MAMOEDJOE, MAMOEDJOESCH
Dialects MAMUJU, SUMARE-RANGAS, PADANG, SINYONYOI.
Classification Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Western Malayo-Polynesian, Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Northern, Mamuju.
Comments The Mamuju dialect is prestigious. Language attitudes are positive. Trade language. Coastal plain, foothills. Copra, cocoa, cloves, maize, cassava, rattan; fishermen. Muslim.

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