Tonsawang people

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The Tonsawang people are an indigenous ethnic group from North Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their distinct Austronesian language and traditional cultural practices.

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Label Occurrences
Tonsawang people canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
continent Asia
country Indonesia
culturalPractice agricultural ceremonies
communal rituals
life-cycle ceremonies
ethnicity Tonsawang
ethnolinguisticGroup Tonsawang
facingIssue cultural assimilation
language shift to Indonesian
hasEndangeredLanguage Tonsawang language
hasOralTradition folktales
myths
ritual chants
isIndigenousTo Indonesia
North Sulawesi
Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
language Tonsawang language
languageBranch Minahasan languages
Philippine languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
locatedIn Minahasa region
linked to: Minahasa Regency

Southeast Minahasa Regency
partOf Minahasan people
region North Sulawesi
relatedEthnicGroup Bantik people
Tombulu people
Tondano people
Tonsea people
Tontemboan people
religion Christianity
Islam
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
sharesCulturalTraitsWith other Minahasan groups
traditionalDance ritual dances
traditionalHouseType stilt house
traditionalLivelihood agriculture
clove cultivation
coconut cultivation
fishing
rice cultivation
traditionalMusic drum ensembles
gong ensembles
traditionalReligion ancestor worship
animism
usesWritingSystem Latin script

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Tonsawang language ethnicGroup Tonsawang people
Tonsawang language spokenBy Tonsawang people
Tonsawang spokenBy Tonsawang people
Tonsawang ethnicGroup Tonsawang people
Toundanow language spokenBy Tonsawang people
Tontemboan people relatedEthnicGroup Tonsawang people