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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Indonesia (Sulawesi) > Toala’

Toala’

A language of Indonesia (Sulawesi)

ISO 639-3tlz
This ISO 639-3 code has been retired after the publication of Ethnologue, 16th edition. For more information, see the code change history documentation.

Population  30,000 (1983 SIL).
Region  South Sulawesi, Luwu District from Masamba to south tip of the district. Toala’ from foothills to the divide. Palili’ on a narrow coastal strip overlapping with Bugis Luwu.
Language map  Indonesia, Sulawesi, reference number 93
Alternate names   East Toraja, Luwu’, Sada, Sangangalla’, Toala, Toala-Palili, Toraja Timur, Toware
Dialects  Toala’, Palili’. Probably at least 4 dialects. Lexical similarity: 74% with Toraja-Sa’dan [sda].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, South Sulawesi, Northern, Toraja-Sa’dan
Language use  Vigorous.
Comments  Copra plantations; swidden agriculturalists. Muslim.