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Kaili, Da’a

A language of Indonesia (Sulawesi)

ISO 639-3: kzf

Population	35,000, increasing. Da’a and Inde. 3,000 to 5,000 Da’a and Inde are in south Sulawesi.
Region	Central Sulawesi, South Sulawesi provinces in Marawola, Dolo, Sigi-Biromaru, Palolo, Banawa subdistricts. ‘Bunggu’ used for Da’a and Inde in south Sulawesi, Mamuju District, Pasangkayu subdistrict, near Palu.
Language map	Indonesia, Sulawesi, reference number 27
Alternate names	Bunggu, Da’a
Dialects	Da’a (Pekawa, Pekava, Pakawa), Inde. Some intelligibility with Ledo dialect of Kaili, Ledo [lew] and other Kaili varieties, but with major sociolinguistic differences. Lexical similarity: 98% between the Da’a and Inde dialects.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Celebic, Kaili-Pamona, Northern, Kaili
Language use	Vigorous. All domains. Oral use in local administration, commerce, school. Some oral and written use in church, along with Indonesian [ind]. All ages. Positive attitude. Most children know little Indonesian when entering school.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 45%. 16,000 read and write. NT: 1998.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Agriculturalists. Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BARR, Donald F., author. 1983. Realis-irrealis distinction in Daʼa.

BARR, Donald F., author. 1985. "Fungsi-fungsi perulangan dalam bahasa Daʼa."

BARR, Donald F., author. 1988. "Daʼa verbal affixes and clitics."

BARR, Donald F., author. 1988. "Focus and mood in Daʼa discourse."

BARR, Donald F., author. 1988. "The functions of reduplication in Daʼa."

BARR, Donald F., author. 1990. "Penggunaan afiks-afiks fokus dalam wacana penturan Bahasa Daʼa."

BARR, Donald F.; BARR, Sharon G., authors. 1988. "Phonology of Daʼa, Central Sulawesi."

BARR, Donald F.; BARR, Sharon G., authors. 1990. "Daʼa [language text]."

BARR, Donald F.; BARR, Sharon G., authors. 1993. "Ritual and belief in Daʼa."

BARR, Donald F.; LIKENONO, Gideon, authors. 1995. "Daʼa: introduction and wordlist."

BARR, Sharon G., author. 1988. "Daʼa kinship and marriage."

MEAD, David, author. 2002. "Proto Celebic focus revisited."

Vernacular Publications

Tesa-tesa eo-eo ri ara basa Daa. 1989.