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Tondano
Native toIndonesia
RegionNortheast Sulawesi
Native speakers
(92,000 cited 1981)[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3tdn
Glottologtond1251

Tondano (also known as Tolou, Tolour, Tondanou, and Toulour) is an Austronesian language spoken in the Tondano area of northeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is most similar to Tombulu and to Tonsea.[1]

There is some lexical influence from European languages, such as Dutch, as well as Malay, Tombulu, and Ternate.[2][3][4]

Dialects

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There are three main dialects of the Tondano language: Tondano proper, Kakas or Ka'kas, and Remboken.[5]

Phonology

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Vowels[6]
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid ɛ ə o
Open a
Consonants[6]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive/
Affricate
voiceless p t () k ʔ
voiced b d () ɡ
Fricative voiceless (f) s (h)
voiced (v) (ɣ)
Rhotic r
Lateral l
Approximant w j ɰ

/ɰ/ may also have an allophone as a fricative [ɣ].[7]

Phonemes in parentheses typically occur from loan words.

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