Toraja-Sadan | |
Nativename: | Sadan |
States: | Indonesia |
Region: | Sulawesi |
Speakers: | 750,000 |
Date: | 2000 census |
Ref: | e18 |
Script: | Latin |
Familycolor: | Austronesian |
Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
Fam3: | South Sulawesi |
Fam4: | Northern |
Fam5: | Toraja |
Dia1: | Makale |
Dia2: | Rantepao |
Dia3: | West Toraja |
Iso3: | sda |
Glotto: | tora1261 |
Glottorefname: | Toraja-Sa'dan |
Toraja-Sadan (also Toraja, Sadan, South Toraja) is an Austronesian language spoken in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It shares the name Tae with East Toraja. Most of the Toraja language mapping was done by Dutch missionaries working in Sulawesi, such as Nicolaus Adriani and Hendrik van der Veen.
Close | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
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Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
Open | pronounced as /ink/ |
Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||
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Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | (pronounced as /ink/) | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | (pronounced as /ink/) | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
Fricative | pronounced as /ink/ | (pronounced as /ink/) | |||||
Rhotic | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
Lateral | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
Approximant | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ |
In final position, only pronounced as //n//, pronounced as //ŋ//, pronounced as //k// and pronounced as //ʔ// can occur.[1]