Dampelas

DMS

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Alternate Names: Dampelasa, Dian

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Celebic
Tomini-Tolitoli
Tomini
Southern

Demographics: 2,000 (Wurm 2007), decreasing. Ethnic population: 10,000 (Wurm 2007).

Language Use: Spoken in 8 villages but in 7 there are strong migrant communities and the everyday public language is Indonesian [ind]. Indonesian used increasingly in families who want children to have higher education (Wurm 2007).

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Dampal dialect is extinct. Muslim.