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语系：Austronesian
·近危
信息不完整 “Sourcebook on Tomini-Tolitoi Languages: General Information and Word Lists” . Nikolaus P. Himmelmann (2001) Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
信息不完整 “Sourcebook on Tomini-Tolitoi Languages: General Information and Word Lists” . Nikolaus P. Himmelmann (2001) Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
Indonesian
Kaili
The language is spoken in a number of very small and isolated villages in Donggala, on the Island of Sulawesi. From Sibayu to the south to Bou in the north.
信息不完整 “Australia and the Pacific” (424-557) . Stephen A Wurm (2007) Routledge
The Pendau keep much to themselves and tend not to enter into close social relationships with speakers of another language. Pendau is the everyday language in their settlements. They use Indonesian only if they have to, e.g. to outside officials. However, their children receive instruction in the primary schools in Indonesian, and the non-Pendau coastal population is socially dominant. The language must therefore be regarded as potentially endangered.
Indonesian
They use Indonesian only if they have to, e.g. to outside officials.
The Pendau language area has traditionally been the middle and inner hill areas of much of the central part of the narrow neck which links the bulk of Sulawesi with its northeastern peninsula.
信息不完整 “A grammar of the Pendau language of central Sulawesi, Indonesia” . Quick, Phil (2007) Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
Although children still learn to speak Pendau and use it every day, the use of Indonesian is on the rise. The Pendau lexicon is being replaced by Indonesian loans by younger speakers.
Malay.