Native to Indonesia Glottolog bada1260 | Region Sulawesi | |
Native speakers (23,000 cited 1989–2007) Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Nuclear MP
Celebic
Kaili–Pamona
Southern
Badaic ISO 639-3 Variously:
bhz – Bada
bep – Behoa
npy – Napu | ||
Bada, or Badaic, is a dialect continuum of Malayo-Polynesian languages in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The three principal varieties, Bada (Bada’), Behoa (Besoa), and Napu, are 85–90% lexically similar, but their speakers are culturally distinct.
References
Badaic language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA