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

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

  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.
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