Taeʼ is a language spoken in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
It belongs to the Austronesian language family and is one of the languages of the ten tribes[citation needed] that inhabit the Tana Luwu region of South Sulawesi.
Taeʼ is part of the South Sulawesi group of languages.
It is closely related to Toraja, and more distantly to Mandar, Massenrempulu, and Mamuju.
Taeʼ is used as a lingua franca from south of the border with Buriko Wajo Regency to Malili East Luwu Regency, as well as in Tana Toraja and Massenrempulu.