Padoe | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Sulawesi |
Native speakers | (5,000 cited 1991)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | pdo |
Glottolog | pado1242 |
ELP | 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.[2] In 1991, it was estimated there were 5,000 speakers of Padoe in all locations.[3]