Alternate Names: Bentong-Dentong, Dentong
Dialects: None known. Reportedly most similar to Konjo ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 25,000 (1987 SIL).
Language Use: Some youth shifting to Indonesian [ind].
Nation of Origin: Indonesia
Other Comments: ‘Bentong’ and ‘Dentong’ are Bugis , and Makasarese , exonyms meaning ‘nonfluent’, but the names do not have negative connotations to speakers themselves. Muslim, Christian.