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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tonsawang people canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

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 ⓘ