Tolaki language
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Austronesian language spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia
Not to be confused with Taloki language.
| Tolaki | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Sulawesi |
Native speakers | 330,000 (2000 census)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lbw |
| Glottolog | tola1247 |
Tolaki (To'olaki) is the major language of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is an Austronesian language of the Celebic branch.
Phonology
| Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
| Fricative | β | s | h | ||
| Lateral | l | ||||
| Trill | r | ||||
/b/ and /d/ are optionally realized as imlosives [ɓ] and [ɗ].
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
References
- ^ Tolaki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Zalili Sailan and La Ode Sidu Marafad and Gusarmin Sofyan and Sahlan, and Hamuni. 1995. Tata Bahasa Tolaki. Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan.
- ^ Mead, David. 1998. Proto–Bungku-Tolaki: Reconstruction of its phonology and aspects of its morphosyntax . PhD dissertation. Houston: Rice University, p. 19. hdl:1911/19290
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