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Padoe language

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Padoe
Native toIndonesia
RegionSulawesi
Native speakers
(5,000 cited 1991)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3pdo
Glottologpado1242
ELPPadoe

Padoeis anAustronesian languageof theCelebicbranch. It was traditionally spoken in the rolling plains south ofLake MatanoinSouth Sulawesiprovince. In the 1950s, a portion of the Padoe-speaking population fled toCentral Sulawesito escape the ravages of theDarul Islam/ Tentara Islam Indonesia (DI/TII) revolt.[2]In 1991, it was estimated there were 5,000 speakers of Padoe in all locations.[3]

Classification

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Padoe is classified as a member of theBungku-Tolakigroup of languages, and shares its closest affinities with theMori Ataslanguage.[4][5]The Padoe language has sometimes been included with Mori Atas andMori Bawahunder the broader cover termMori.

References

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  1. ^PadoeatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
  2. ^Kirk, Margaret.That Greater Freedom(Singapore: OMF, 1986).
  3. ^Vuorinen, Paula. Tinjauan sosiolinguistik masyarakat Padoe (Unpublished typescript, 13 pp., 1991).
  4. ^Mead, David. 1998. Proto-Bungku-Tolaki: Reconstruction of its phonology and aspects of its morphosyntax. (PhD dissertation, Rice University, 1998) p. 117
  5. ^Mead, David. 1999.The Bungku–Tolaki languages of south-eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.Series D-91. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

Further reading

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  • Karhunen, Marjo (1991)."Phonology of Padoe"(PDF).In Rene van den Berg (ed.).Workpapers in Indonesian Languages and Cultures(PDF).Vol. 12, Sulawesi phonologies. Ujung Pandang, Sulawesi: Summer Institute of Linguistics. pp. 179–96.ISBN979-8132-85-8.