Tolaki

E569501

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tolaki canonical 5

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Statements (41)

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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