Tondano language

Tondano
Native toIndonesia
RegionNortheast Sulawesi
Native speakers(92,000 cited 1981)
Language familyAustronesian
Writing systemLatin
Language codes
ISO 639-3tdn
Glottologtond1251

Tondano (also known as Tolou, Tolour, Tondanou, and Toulour) is an Austronesian language spoken in the Tondano area of northeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is most similar to Tombulu and to Tonsea.

There is some lexical influence from European languages, such as Dutch, as well as Malay, Tombulu, and Ternate.

Dialects

There are three main dialects of the Tondano language: Tondano proper, Kakas or Ka'kas, and Remboken.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Tondano at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Sneddon 1975, p. 32
  3. ^ Watuseke 1958
  4. ^ Watuseke 1985, p. 3
  5. ^ Sneddon 1975, p. 1
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