Pattaeʼ | |
Nativename: | Basa Pattaeʼ |
Also Known As: | Binuang, Southern Mamasa |
States: | Indonesia |
Region: | Sulawesi |
Familycolor: | Austronesian |
Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
Fam3: | South Sulawesi |
Fam4: | Northern |
Fam5: | Toraja |
Fam6: | Mamasa |
Glotto: | patt1250 |
Glottorefname: | Pattaeʼ |
Pattaeʼ (self-designation or) is the language spoken by the Pattaeʼ people, an ethnic group living along the coast in the eastern part of Polewali Mandar Regency, West Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] [2] Based on lexical similarity and mutual intelligibility, Pattaeʼ has been classified as a dialect of the Mamasa language, but native speakers consider it a separate language.[3]