Credits & acknowledgements

Many people had a part in the Balantak Dictionary Workshop held in Luwuk, Sulawesi Tengah, September 30 – October 1, 1998. The following is a list of the workshop participants (taken from Kamus Balantak – Indonesia – Inggeris: Balantak – Indonesian – English Dictionary, 2000. Banggai Regional Government and SIL International):

KASMAN NURSIN, WAHAB PEDING, SARIPA MAMBUHU, MERSI LEOKO, NONNY REPPIE, ARPAT BIDJA, HIRKANUS SASEGADE, SULEMAN ESA, MARTHIN SONDOPEN, MARSION BIATHAN, DANCE SANGKUDUNG, MUCHSIN SAPIUNG, ARMIN APIT, Hi. AZIS NURSIN, ISNAENI LAREKENG, SH, MUSJARIF DJANO, THEODORUS GORAP, HANS HAMID, SUWARTO MAHIWA, SARIPA HAENA, ZULKARNAIN A. MAHIWA, ERNI SUSILAWATI M., ZAKARIAS PONTOH, BA, JUNUS BANTOYOT, SUDARMI POLIM, INDARMI PAHIN, S.pd, ERNAWATI MAHIWA, SE, Drs. ALTRIS SAADJAD, Hi. WINARSO SAIDA, S.Sos, RUSDIANTO, Drs. HERY MANTUGES, Drs. SYAHRAIN SUNI, RETY LAMANDOKE, HERMAN MASARONI, YONIUS MENE’O, DAVID ANDERSEN, DANIEL BRADBURY, ROBERT L. BUSENITZ

Following the workshop, the following people made up the Balantak Dictionary Team:
Coordinator: Drs. Syahrain Suni
Primary Editor: Daniel Bradbury BA
Assistant Editors: Yonius Mene’o, Herman Masaroni, Rety Lamandoke, Wipson Pani
Balantak Language Contributors: Bidol Adiwa, Mersi Leoko, Yusni Leoko, Empi Lindaan, Erni Mahiwa, Nikson Sampangade, Herkanus Sasegade, Efrain Sondopen, Kostan Sondopen, Tanes Todaleang
Reviewer for Balantak and Indonesian text: Arpat Bidja, Wahab Peding, Z. Pontoh, Muchsin Sapiung, Syahrain Suni
Reviewer for Indonesian and English text: Daniel Bradbury, David Mead
Reviewer for Balantak and English text: Robert L. Busenitz

We also acknowledge the assistance of our university and government sponsors at Hasanuddin
University (Makassar, South Sulawesi), Tadulako University (Palu, Central Sulawesi) and officials at all
levels in Kabupaten Banggai who have helped to make the cooperative work on this dictionary possible.