| Toraja-Saʼdan | |
|---|---|
| Saʼdan | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Sulawesi |
Native speakers | 590,000 (2010 census)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Dialects |
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sda |
| Glottolog | tora1261 |
Toraja-Saʼdan (alsoToraja, Saʼdan, South Toraja) is anAustronesian language spoken inSouth Sulawesi,Indonesia. It shares the nameTaeʼ withEast Toraja. Most of the Toraja language mapping was done byDutchmissionaries working in Sulawesi, such asNicolaus Adriani andHendrik van der Veen.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | (tʃ) | k | ʔ |
| voiced | b | d | (dʒ) | ɡ | ||
| Fricative | s | (h) | ||||
| Rhotic | r | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
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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