Konjo, Coastal

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
kjc
Alternate Names
Kondjo, Tiro
User Population

167,000 (2010 census).

Location

South Sulawesi province: Bantaeng, Bulukumba, and Sinjai regencies; southeast peninsula on Salayer strait.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, South Sulawesi, Makassar
Dialects

Konjo Pesisir (Ara, Bira), Tana Toa (Black Konjo, Kadjang, Kajang, Tana Towa), Bantaeng (Bonthain). Tana Toa is north end of dialect subgroup. Lexical similarity: 76% with Makassar [mak]; Tana Toa dialect: 10% with other coastal dialects.

Language Use

Youth increasingly use Indonesian [ind]. Some young people, all adults. A few also use Makasar [mak], who live in Makassar city. Also use Indonesian [ind].

Language Development

Literature. Texts.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Konjo, Coastal
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Tana Towa resist modern ways, contact with outsiders. Muslim, traditional religion.