Native to Indonesia Native speakers (5,000 cited 1991) Glottolog pado1242 | Region Sulawesi ISO 639-3 pdo | |
Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
Nuclear MP
Celebic
Bungku–Tolaki
Western
Interior
Padoe | ||
Padoe is an Austronesian language of the Celebic branch. It was traditionally spoken in the rolling plains south of Lake Matano in South Sulawesi province. In the 1950s a portion of the Padoe-speaking population fled to Central Sulawesi to escape the ravages of the Darul Islam / Tentara Islam Indonesia (DI/TII) revolt. In 1991 it was estimated there were 5,000 speakers of Padoe in all locations.
Classification
Padoe is classified as a member of the Bungku-Tolaki group of languages, and shares its closest affinities with the Mori Atas language. The Padoe language has sometimes been included with Mori Atas and Mori Bawah under the broader cover term 'Mori.'
References
Padoe language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA