| Population |
2,000 (1988 SIL). |
| Region |
West Sulawesi, Mamuju District, Budong-Budong subdistrict inland along Budong-Budong River. |
| Language map |
Indonesia, Sulawesi, reference number 103
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| Dialects |
Lexical similarity: 66% with Sarudu [sdu] and Da’a [kzf], 56% with Ledo [lew], 54% with the Parigi dialect of Kaili [lew]. |
| Classification |
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Celebic, Kaili-Pamona, Northern, Kaili |
| Language use |
Vigorous. |
| Comments |
Recent settlers from elsewhere and rubber plantation development brought new language contacts. Swidden agriculturalists; rubber plantation workers. Muslim. |