Tolaki

E569501

Tolaki is an Austronesian language spoken by the Tolaki people of southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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Tolaki canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
language
belongsTo languages of Indonesia
languages of Sulawesi
continent Asia
country Indonesia
ethnicGroup Tolaki people
hasAlternativeName To Laki
Toalaki
hasDialects Abuki
Asera
Konawe
Lalembuu
Mekongga
Soropia
Watubangga
hasPhonemeInventory moderate-size consonant inventory typical of Sulawesi Austronesian languages
hasVowelSystem five-vowel system /a e i o u/ (commonly analyzed)
hasWordOrder flexible word order
ISO639-3Code lbw
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
languageStatus regional language in Indonesia
lexifierFor local Indonesian varieties in Tolaki areas (substrate influence)
partOf Celebic branch (often classified)
phonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (reported in some analyses)
region Kendari region
linked to: Southeast Sulawesi
relatedTo Bungku language
Mori Atas language
Muna language
Wolio language
spokenIn Indonesia
Southeast Sulawesi
Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
subclassOf Malayo-Polynesian language
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
verb–initial tendencies
usedBy Tolaki people
usedIn oral literature of the Tolaki people
traditional Tolaki rituals
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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