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Toraja-Sa’dan

A language of Indonesia (Sulawesi)

ISO 639-3: sda

Population  500,000 (1990 UBS).
Region  South Sulawesi, Tana Toraja District, large groups in Luwu District, Makassar City; southeast Sulawesi, west coast, Kolaka and Wundulako districts.
Language map  Indonesia, Sulawesi, reference number 104
Alternate names   Sa’dan, Sa’dansche, Sadan, Sadang, South Toraja, Ta’e, Tae’, Toradja, Toraja
Dialects  Makale (Tallulembangna), Rantepao (Kesu’), Toraja Barat (West Toraja, Mappa-Pana). Rantepao is prestige dialect.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, South Sulawesi, Northern, Toraja-Sa’dan
Language development  Dictionary. Bible: 1960–1995.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Agriculturalists: wet rice, coffee. Christian, traditional religion, Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

FRIBERG, Barbara, author. 1991. "Ergativity, focus and verb morphology in several South Sulawesi languages."

VALKAMA, Kari, author. 1987. UNHAS-SIL sociolinguistic survey: Kabupaten Mamuju.

VALKAMA, Kari, author. 1987. UNHAS-SIL sociolinguistic survey: Kabupatens Pinrang, Enrekang, Tana Toraja, Luwu and eastern part of Polewali Mamasa.