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. It is part of the northern group of the Kaili–Pamona languages.

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'' lists the following as dialects: Laiwonu (Iba), Pamona (Poso), Rapangkaka (Aria), Taa (Topotaa, Wana), Tobau (Bare’e, Tobalo, Tobao), Tokondindi, Tomoni, and Topada. The Poso dialect is the prestige dialect, specifically the variety spoken in the interior around

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. The coastal Poso variety () – mostly spoken by Muslims in the trading hub

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– does not differ significantly from the interior prestige variety (e.g. it uses the same negator ''bare'e'' as the interior variety), but has undergone some lexical influence from Buginese and the Parigi dialect of Kaili.Mead, David (2012)
''Overview of Pamona dialects (per Nicolaus Adriani)''
Sulang Language Data and Working Papers: Survey Reports, no. 2. Sulawesi Language Alliance.

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