Austronesian language spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Ledo Kaili
Native to
Indonesia
Region
Sulawesi
Native speakers
350,000 (2000 census)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Celebic
Kaili–Pamona
Northern
Kaili
Ledo Kaili
Language codes
ISO 639-3
lew
Glottolog
ledo1238
Glottopedia
Kaili[2]
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Ledo Kaili is the largest member of the Kaili languages, which are a dialect chain within the Kaili–Pamona language family. These languages are spoken in Central Sulawesi (Indonesia). Kaili with all of its dialects is one of the largest languages in Sulawesi. One third of the population of Sulawesi Tengah province were (1979) native speakers of a Kaili language. The object language of this article is the main dialect Ledo, which is spoken in the Donggala and Sigi districts (Kabupaten) in and around the provincial capital Palu.
^Ledo Kaili at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Glottopedia article on Ledo Kaili language.
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