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Bada language

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Bada
ganga sua
Native toIndonesia
RegionSulawesi
EthnicityTobada
Native speakers
10,000 (2010)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bhz
Glottologbada1261

Bada (also Badaʼ) is an Austronesian language spoken in the South Lore district of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Together with Napu and Behoa, it belongs to the Badaic subgroup.[2]

Grammar

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Bada has the following pronoun sets:[3]

independent enclitic prefixed suffixed
1.sg. kodoʔ (koʔo) -aʔ (-naʔ) ku- -(ng)kuʔ
2.sg. io -koʔ nu- -mu
3.sg. ia --- na- -na
1.pl. inclusive kitaʔ -keʔ ta- -(n)taʔ
1.pl. exclusive kaiʔ -kaʔ ki- -(ng)kiʔ
2.pl. kamiu -komi ni- -mi
3.pl. hera -heʔ ra -nda

References

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  1. ^ Bada at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Martens, Michael P. (1989). "The Badaic languages of Central Sulawesi". In James N. Sneddon (ed.), Studies in Sulawesi languages, part 1, 19–53. Jakarta: Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya.
  3. ^ Woensdregt, Jacob (1925). Mythen en sagen der Berg-Toradja's van Midden-Selebes, vertaald en van aanteekeningen voorzien. Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, 65:3. Weltevreden: Kolff.