Malimpung language

Malimpung
Malimpung
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Sulawesi
Native speakers	(5,000 cited 1986)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian South Sulawesi Northern Massenrempulu Malimpung; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mli
Glottolog	mali1283

Last updated December 04, 2025

Malimpung is a language spoken by around 5,000 people in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It belongs to the Northern branch of the South Sulawesi subgroup, and is closely related to Duri, Enrekang, and Maiwa.^[2]

References

↑ Malimpung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Friberg, Timothy and Thomas V. Laskowske. 1989. South Sulawesi languages. In: J.N.Sneddon (ed.), Studies in Sulawesi linguistics part 1, 1–17. (NUSA: Linguistic Studies of Indonesian and Other Languages in Indonesia, 31). Jakarta: Badan Penyelenggara Seri Nusa, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya.

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[e18-1] Malimpung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Friberg, Timothy and Thomas V. Laskowske. 1989. South Sulawesi languages. In: J.N.Sneddon (ed.), Studies in Sulawesi linguistics part 1, 1–17. (NUSA: Linguistic Studies of Indonesian and Other Languages in Indonesia, 31). Jakarta: Badan Penyelenggara Seri Nusa, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya.

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