Taeʼ language

{{Distinguish|Pattae' language}}

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

{{Infobox language

|name = Tae{{hamza}}

|nativename = Basa Tae{{hamza}}

|states = Indonesia

|region = Sulawesi

|ethnicity = Toala, Luwu

|speakers = {{sigfig|272,000|2}}

|date = 2010 census

|ref = e25

|familycolor = Austronesian

|fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3 = South Sulawesi

|fam4 = Northern

|fam5 = Toraja

|iso3 = rob

|script = Latin

|glotto=taee1237

|glottorefname=Tae'

}}

Tae{{hamza}} is a language spoken in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It belongs to the Austronesian language family and is one of the languages of the ten tribes{{citation-needed|date=January 2023}} that inhabit the Tana Luwu region of South Sulawesi. The Tae{{hamza}} language is used by most of the inhabitants of the three regencies of Tana Luwu (Luwu Regency, North Luwu Regency, and East Luwu Regency), and the city of Palopo. Tae{{hamza}} is part of the South Sulawesi group of languages. It is closely related to Toraja, and more distantly to Mandar, Massenrempulu, and Mamuju. Tae{{hamza}} is used as a lingua franca from south of the border with Buriko Wajo Regency to Malili East Luwu Regency, as well as in Tana Toraja and Massenrempulu.