Dampelas

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
dms
Alternate Names
Dampelasa, Dian
User Population

9,560 (2010 census), decreasing.

Location

Central Sulawesi province: Donggala, Parigi-Moutong, and Toli-Toli regencies, Balaesang, Dampelas, and Sojol sub-districts, 8 villages on northwest Makassar Strait.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Celebic, Tomini-Tolitoli, Tomini, Southern
Typology

SVO; articles distinguish between common nouns and personal nouns; no adjectives, represented by stative verbs; realis and non-realis moods; completive and continuative aspects; causative prefix; 19 consonants and 5 vowels; stress on penultimate syllable; exclusive/inclusive pronouns.

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). Shifting to Indonesian [ind].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Dampelas
Other Comments

Dampal dialect is extinct. Muslim.