Lolak

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
llq
User Population

50 (Lobel and Paputungan 2017), decreasing. No monolinguals (2017). Ethnic population: 3,000 (Lobel and Paputungan 2017).

Location

North Sulawesi province: Bolaang Mongondow regency, Lolak sub-district, Lolak, Mongkoinit, Mongkoinit Barat, Tombolango, and Motabang villages.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Gorontalo-Mongondow, Gorontalic
Dialects

None known. Structurally related to Gorontalo [gor], but with heavy lexical borrowing from Mongondow [mog]. Lexical similarity: 79% with Mongondow [mog], 66% with Ponosakan [pns], 63% with Kaidipang [kzp].

Language Use

Children mostly or exclusively use Manado Malay [xmm] (2019 J. Lobel). Elderly only. Neutral attitudes. Shifted to Manado Malay [xmm]. A few also use Indonesian [ind]. A few also use Mongondow [mog].

Language Development

Texts.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Lolak
Other Comments

Muslim.