Saluan

LOE

threatened

Alternate Names: Loinang, Loindang, Madi, Mondono

Dialects: Kintom-Pagimana-Boalemo, Loinang (Baloa’, Kohumama’, Lingketeng), Luwuk. Lexical similarity: 74% with Batui ,, 53% with Bobongko ,, 62% with Andio ,, 51% with Balantak ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Celebic
Eastern
Saluan-Banggai
Western
Saluanic

Demographics: 76,000 (1978).

Language Use: Some children only use Indonesian [ind].

Language Development: Bible: 2002.

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Users prefer Saluan over Loinang. Muslim, Christian, traditional religion.