Tondano

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A language of Indonesia

Alternate Names

Tolou, Tolour, Tondanou, Toulour

Toundano

User Population

9,560 (2010 census), decreasing. No monolinguals (2019 T. Brickell).

North Sulawesi province: Minahasa regency on north peninsula, Lake Tondano area.

Language Maps

Indonesia, Sulawesi

Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Minahasan, North, Northeast

Tondano (Toulour), Kakas (Ka’kas), Remboken. Most similar to Tonsea [txs].

Younger generations mostly use Manado Malay [xmm]. Older adults only. Neutral attitudes. Shifted to Manado Malay [xmm]. Some also use Indonesian [ind].

Language Development

Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1996.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Tondano

Latin script [Latn].

Christian.