Tondano language
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.[1]
| Tondano | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Northeast Sulawesi |
Native speakers | (92,000 cited 1981)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tdn |
| Glottolog | tond1251 |
Dialects
There are three main dialects of the Tondano language: Tondano proper, Kakas or Ka'kas, and Remboken.[2]
References
- Tondano at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Sneddon 1975, p. 1
- Brickell, Timothy C. (2014). A grammatical description of the Tondano (Toundano) language (PhD thesis). La Trobe University. hdl:1959.9/516057.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Sneddon, James N. (1975). Tondano Phonology and Grammar. Pacific Linguistics Series B - No. 38. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University. doi:10.15144/PL-B38. hdl:1885/146483. ISBN 0-85883-125-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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