Badaic language

Badaic
Bada-Behoa-Napu
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Sulawesi
Native speakers	(23,000 cited 1989–2007)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Nuclear MP Celebic Kaili–Pamona Southern Badaic
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: bhz – Bada bep – Behoa npy – Napu
Glottolog	bada1260[2]

Bada, or Badaic, is a dialect continuum of Malayo-Polynesian languages in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The three principal varieties, Bada (Bada’), Behoa (Besoa), and Napu, are 85–90% lexically similar, but their speakers are culturally distinct.

References

1. Bada at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Behoa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Napu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Badaic". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.