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Kode: rob Nama: Tae' South Sulawesi :: Luwu and North Luwu regencies; northwest coast; Bone bay; Bastem sub-district, Rongkong river valley. East Luwu regency, Nuha sub-district (Rongkong dialect). 340,000 (2000 census), increasing. East Toraja, Luwu’, Luwu-Rongkong, Rongkong, Rongkong-Luwu, Tae’ Tae’, Taeq, Toraja Timur, Toware, “Toala’” (pej.). Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, South Sulawesi, Northern, Toraja-Sa’dan Toraja-Sa’dan Rongkong, Northeast Luwu (Bone-Bone, Masamba), South Luwu, Bua. Dialect chain throughout Tae’ area east into Toraja-Sa’dan sda. 82% or greater among dialects, 82% with Toraja-Sa’dan sda. 5 (Developing). Different from Toraja-Sa’dan (Tae’) sda. Different from the Bugis-Luwu dialect of Bugis bug. Different from the Bugis-speaking “Toala” identified by P. and F. Sarasin (1903). “Toala’” is a pejorative Bugis exonym meaning forest people. Rongkong dialect has Seko Lemo, Rongkong Atas (Rongkong-Kanandede) and Rongkong Bawah (Sabbang) subdialects. Bua dialect has Bajo (Palili’) and Bastem (“Toala’”) subdialects. Muslim.

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Luwu:

Agama Primer	:	Islam
Penganut Kristen	:	0.4%
Persentase Penginjilan	:	0.04%
Jendela 10/40	:	Y

Rongkong:

Agama Primer	:	Christianity
Penganut Kristen	:	60%
Persentase Penginjilan	:	5%
Jendela 10/40	:	Y

Toala:

Agama Primer	:	Ethnic Religions
Penganut Kristen	:	40%
Persentase Penginjilan	:	5%
Jendela 10/40	:	Y

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Ethnologue: rob