Classification
Maiwa, Duri and Enrekang are three closely related, mutually bordering languages that some consider to be dialects of a single language called Massenrempulu.
Dialects
The dialect situation within Maiwa itself is little known; Valkama (1987:128) indicates three dialects (Maroangin, Matakali and Bungin) in Enrekang Regency alone, but failed to collect data on Maiwa communities in the adjoining Sidenreng Rappang (Sidrap) Regency.
Population
An SIL estimate, probably dating from a 1986 survey, placed the number of Maiwa speakers at 50,000 (reported in Grimes 1996:662).
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.
