Toraja-Saʼdan (also Toraja, Saʼdan, South Toraja) is an Austronesian language spoken in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It shares the name Taeʼ with East Toraja. Most of the Toraja language mapping was done by Dutch missionaries working in Sulawesi, such as Nicolaus Adriani and Hendrik van der Veen.
Toraja-Saʼdan | |
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Saʼdan | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Sulawesi |
Native speakers | 590,000 (2010 census)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sda |
Glottolog | tora1261 |
Phonology
Sounds [tʃ, dʒ] are heard from Indonesian loanwords. /h/ only rarely occurs.
In final position, only /n/, /ŋ/, /k/ and /ʔ/ can occur.[2]
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Further reading
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