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