Bada language

Bada
Bada
ganga sua
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Sulawesi
Ethnicity	Tobada
Native speakers	10,000 (2010)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Celebic Kaili–Pamona Southern Badaic Bada; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bhz
Glottolog	bada1261

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[edit]

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

^ Bada at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ 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.
^ 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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