Taje language

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Taje
Petapa
Native toCentral Sulawesi, Indonesia
Native speakers
350 (2001) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 pee
Glottolog taje1237
ELP Taje

Taje (Aje), or Petapa (Tapa), is a Celebic language of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Taje is a minority language with a small population of speakers, and is spoken in the Tanampedagi and Petapa villages in Central Sulawesi. [2]

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References

  1. Taje at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Himmelmann, Nikolaus P. Sourcebook on Tomini-Tolitoli languages: General information and word lists. Pacific Linguistics. Vol. 511. Canberra: The Australian National University. doi:10.15144/PL-511.