Taeʼ language

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Taeʼ
Basa Taeʼ
Native toIndonesia
RegionSulawesi
EthnicityTae’, Rongkong
Native speakers
270,000 (2010 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Bua
  • Northeast Luwu
  • Rongkong
  • South Luwu
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3rob
Glottologtaee1237
  Distribution of the Tae’ language in the Toraja languages in South Sulawesi

Taeʼ is a language spoken in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It belongs to the Austronesian language family that inhabit the Tana Luwu region of South Sulawesi. The Taeʼ language is used by most of the inhabitants of the three regencies of Tana Luwu (Luwu Regency, North Luwu Regency, and the western part of East Luwu Regency), and the city of Palopo. Taeʼ is part of the South Sulawesi group of languages. It is closely related to Toraja, and more distantly to Mandar, Massenrempulu, and Mamuju.

References

  1. Taeʼ at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon