Bentong

KODE BAHASA:
 
Kode: bnu
 
Nama: Bentong
 
PROPINSI:
 
South Sulawesi :: Barru, Bone, Pangkep, and Maros regencies; highland areas northeast of Makassar city. 25,000 (1987 SIL).
 
PETA:
Bentong
 
NAMA LAIN:
 
Bentong-Dentong, Dentong.
 
KLASIFIKASI:
 
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, South Sulawesi, Makassar
 
KELOMPOK BAHASA:
 
Makassar
DIALEK:
 
None known. Reportedly most similar to Konjo kjc.
 
STATUS:
 
6b (Threatened).
 
KOMENTAR:
 
‘Bentong’ and ‘Dentong’ are Bugis bug and Makasarese mak exonyms meaning ‘nonfluent’, but the names do not have negative connotations to speakers themselves. Muslim, Christian.
 

 
Bentong:
Agama Primer:Islam
Penganut Kristen:3%
Persentase Penginjilan:0.36%
Jendela 10/40:Y
 

 
Ethnologue: bnu