Tae is a language spoken in
South Sulawesi,
Indonesia
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. It belongs to the
Austronesian language family and is one of the languages of the ten tribes that inhabit the ''Tana Luwu'' region of South Sulawesi. The Tae language is used by most of the inhabitants of the three regencies of ''Tana Luwu'' (
Luwu Regency,
North Luwu Regency, and
East Luwu Regency), and the city of
Palopo. ''Tae'' is part of the
South Sulawesi group of languages. It is closely related to
Toraja, and more distantly to
Mandar, Massenrempulu, and
Mamuju. Tae is used as a
lingua franca
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from south of the border with Buriko Wajo Regency to Malili East Luwu Regency, as well as in Tana Toraja and Massenrempulu.
References
Languages of Sulawesi
South Sulawesi languages
Torajan people
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