Pattae' language  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, Indonesia. 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.