Taeʼ language

Taeʼ is a language spoken in Tana Luwu (Land of Luwu). It is an Austronesian language of Sulawesi, Indonesia, and one of the languages of the ten tribes that inhabit Tana Luwu, South Sulawesi. The Taeʼ language is used by most of the inhabitants of the four municipalities of Tana Luwu: Luwu Regency, North Luwu Regency, 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. Taeʼ is used as a lingua franca from south of the border with Buriko Kabupatan Wajo to Malili East Luwu regency, as well as in Tana Toraja and Massenrempulu.

Taeʼ
Basa Taeʼ
Native toIndonesia
RegionSulawesi
EthnicityToala, Luwu
Native speakers
300.000 (2010 Census)[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3rob
Glottologtaee1237

Since Islam as the official religion in official United Luwu, Luwu Government has made Buginese the language of introduction and Taeʼ is the language in everyday situations.

References
  1. Taeʼ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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