Aralle-Tabulahan language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Aralle-Tabulahan

| nativename = Ahalle

| states = Indonesia

| region = West Sulawesi

| speakers = {{sigfig|29,300|1}}

| date = 2010 census

| ref = e25

| familycolor = Austronesian

| fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian

| fam3 = South Sulawesi

| fam4 = Northern

| fam5 = Pitu Ulunna Salu

| dia1 = Aralle

| dia2 = Tabulahan

| dia3 = Mambi

| iso3 = atq

| glotto = aral1243

| glottorefname = Aralle-Tabulahan

}}

Aralle-Tabulahan is an Austronesian language that belongs to the South Sulawesi subgroup. It is spoken in Mamasa Regency, West Sulawesi, Indonesia.{{cite book |last1=Friberg |first1=Timothy |last2=Laskowske |first2=Thomas V. |year=1989 |chapter=South Sulawesi languages |editor=J.N. Sneddon |title=Studies in Sulawesi linguistics part 1 |pages=1–17 |series=NUSA 17 |place=Jakarta |publisher=Badan Penyelenggara Seri Nusa |chapter-url=http://sealang.net/archives/nusa/pdf/nusa-v31-p1-18.pdf}}

Aralle-Tabulahan has three major dialects: Aralle, Tabulahan and Mambi. The Mambi dialect is often regarded as the most divergent of the three dialects and is seen as at the centre of spectrum between the Aralle and Tabulahan dialects and the related Bambam language.{{Cite book |last=McKenzie |first=Robin |url=https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/13/58/73/135873921789098513255038290933520117327/WILC_v12.pdf |title=Workpapers in Indonesian Languages and Cultures |publisher=Summer Institute of Linguistics |year=1991 |isbn=979-8132-85-8 |editor-last=van den Berg |editor-first=René |volume=12, Sulawesi phonologies |location=Ujung Pandang |pages=98–149 |chapter=Phonology of Aralle-Tabulahan|chapter-url=https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/57/06/71/57067119079524243045313501163035059687/WILC_v12_ch03_Aralle_Tabulahan.pdf }}