Limola language

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

{{Infobox language

|name = Limola

|altname = Lemolang

|states = Indonesia

|region = Sulawesi

|speakers = 2,000

|date = 1991

|ref=e18

|familycolor = Austronesian

|fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3 = South Sulawesi

|fam4 = Seko–Badaic

|fam5 = Badaic

|iso3 = ley

|glotto=lemo1243

|glottorefname=Lemolang

}}

Limola (also called Lemolang) is an Austronesian language of Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is spoken in two villages in North Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi.{{cite journal |last=van der Veen |first=Hendrik |year=1929 |title=Nota betreffende de grenzen van de Sa'dansche taalgroep en het haar aanverwante taalgebied |journal=Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde |volume=69 |pages=58–96}}{{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}} It is classified as a member of the Badaic subgroup of the South Sulawesi languages.{{cite book |last=Mead |first=David |year=2024 |chapter=Sulawesi historical linguistics |editor1=Alexander Adelaar |editor2=Antoinette Schapper |title=The Oxford Guide to the Malayo-Polynesian Languages of Southeast Asia |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/oso/9780198807353.003.0012 |pages=151–164}}