| Padoe | |
| States: | Indonesia |
| Region: | Sulawesi |
| Speakers: | 5,000 |
| Date: | 1991 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam3: | Celebic |
| Fam4: | Bungku–Tolaki |
| Fam5: | Western |
| Fam6: | Interior |
| Iso3: | pdo |
| Glotto: | pado1242 |
| Glottorefname: | 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.[1] In 1991, it was estimated there were 5,000 speakers of Padoe in all locations.[2]
Padoe is classified as a member of the Bungku-Tolaki group of languages, and shares its closest affinities with the Mori Atas language.[3] [4] The Padoe language has sometimes been included with Mori Atas and Mori Bawah under the broader cover term Mori.