Tomini-Tolitoli languages

Tomini-Tolitoli languages
Spoken in	Indonesia ( Central Sulawesi )
speaker	180,000
Linguistic classification	Austronesian languages Malayo-Polynesian languages Celebic languages Tomini-Tolitoli languages

The Tomini-Tolitoli languages form a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian languages within the Austronesian languages . The group of languages is at the Gulf of Tomini and the District Tolitoli in Central Sulawesi spoken.

Individual languages ​​are (classification according to Himmelmann (2001: 20)):

• Tolitoli
  • Totoli
  • Boano
• Tomini
  • Northern Tomini
    • Ampibabo
    • Lukewarm
    • Tialo ( Tomini )
    • Dondo
  • Southern Tomini
    • Balaesang
    • Pendau
    • Dampelas
    • Taje (Petapa)
    • Tajio

literature

• K. Alexander Adelaar, Nikolaus Himmelmann: The Austronesian languages ​​of Asia and Madagascar . Routledge, 2005.