Classification

Enrekang, Duri and Maiwa are three closely related languages that border each other. Some consider them to be dialects of a single language called Massenrempulu.

Dialects

Enrekang has eastern and western dialects. The western dialect is usually referred to as Pattinjo. A possible third dialect, spoken in Ranga village (in Enrekang District), has been reported but not verified (Valkama 1987:128).

Population

A 1986 survey estimated 50,000 speakers of Enrekang (reported in Grimes 1996:659). 

References

Grimes, Barbara F. (ed.) 1996. Ethnologue: Languages of the world, 13th ed. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

Valkama, Kari. 1987. Kabupatens Pinrang, Enrekang, Tana Toraja, Luwu and eastern part of Poliwali Mamasa. UNHAS-SIL South Sulawesi sociolinguistic surveys, 1983–1987 (Workpapers in Indonesian Languages and Cultures, 5), edited by Timothy Friberg, 119–136. Ujung Pandang: Summer Institute of Linguistics.