Pattaeʼ dialect

Pattaeʼ (self-designation Basa Pattaeʼ or Mattulaʼ Pattae) is the language spoken by the Pattaeʼ people, an ethnic group living along the coast in the eastern part of Polewali Mandar Regency, West Sulawesi, Indonesia. Based on lexical similarity and mutual intelligibility, Pattaeʼ has been classified as a dialect of the Mamasa language, but native speakers consider it a separate language.