Tonsawang

E638878

Tonsawang is an Austronesian language spoken by the Tonsawang people in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tonsawang canonical 8
Thiang 1
Tonsawang-Toundanow 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
language ⓘ
belongsTo Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification) ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable language ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tonsawang people ⓘ
ethnologueCode tnw ⓘ
glottologCode tons1249 ⓘ
glottologName Tonsawang ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Tonsawang Minahasan ⓘ
Toundano ⓘ
Toundanow ⓘ
hasDomainOfUse home and local community ⓘ
hasLexicalSimilarityWith other Minahasan languages ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearch documented in comparative studies of Minahasan languages ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom Indonesian ⓘ
Manado Malay ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative language ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguage Tombulu ⓘ
linked to: Tombulu’

Tondano ⓘ
Tonsea ⓘ
Tontemboan ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (described in some analyses) ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
hasSmallerDomainOfUse limited use in formal education ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticSituation language shift toward Indonesian ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity Christian-majority population in North Sulawesi ⓘ
hasTypologicalFeature Austronesian alignment patterns (described in literature) ⓘ
hasWordOrder verb–initial tendency ⓘ
iso639-3Code tnw ⓘ
languageBranch Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageSubgroup Minahasan languages ⓘ
partOf Minahasa linguistic area ⓘ
primaryLocation Tonsawang area of North Sulawesi ⓘ
linked to: North Sulawesi
region Southeast Minahasa Regency ⓘ
spokenBy Tonsawang people ⓘ
spokenIn Indonesia ⓘ
North Sulawesi ⓘ
subclassOf Minahasan language ⓘ
linked to: Minahasan languages
subjectOf descriptive linguistic studies on Minahasan languages ⓘ
usedIn daily communication within Tonsawang communities ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pasan language → glottologName → Tonsawang ⓘ
Tonsawang language → hasAlternativeName → Tonsawang-Toundanow ⓘ
linked to: Tonsawang
Tonsawang → glottologName → Tonsawang ⓘ
Tonsea → hasNeighboringLanguage → Tonsawang ⓘ
Tonsawang people → ethnicity → Tonsawang ⓘ
Atwot → hasDialect → Thiang ⓘ
linked to: Tonsawang