Bada language

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

{{Infobox language

|name=Bada

|altname= ganga sua

|region=Sulawesi

|state=Indonesia

|ethnicity=Tobada

|speakers={{sigfig|9,780|1}}

|date=2010

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Celebic

|fam4=Kaili–Pamona

|fam5=Southern

|fam6=Badaic

|iso3=bhz

|glotto=bada1261

|glottorefname=Bada (Indonesia)

}}

Bada (also Badaʼ) is an Austronesian language spoken in the South Lore district of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Together with Napu and Behoa, it belongs to the Badaic subgroup.Martens, Michael P. (1989). [http://sealang.net/archives/nusa/pdf/nusa-v31-p19-54.pdf "The Badaic languages of Central Sulawesi".] In James N. Sneddon (ed.), Studies in Sulawesi languages, part 1, 19–53. Jakarta: Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya.