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.

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Toraja-Saʼdan
Saʼdan
Native toIndonesia
RegionSulawesi
Native speakers
590,000 (2010 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Makale
  • Rantepao
  • West Toraja
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3sda
Glottologtora1261
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Phonology

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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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