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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~7500

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Recent Resources

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Community Members

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Revitalization Programs

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Sourcebook on Tomini-Tolitoi Languages: General Information and Word Lists
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~7500

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

25000

Non-monolingual speakers

Most of the community speaks Indonesian, the national language. Many also speak Kaila, a regional lingua franca. A few speak Bajau, a trade language.

More about speakers

Many sources list 25,000 under number of speakers. This is actually the ethnic population. There are, according to Himmelmann, maybe 7,500 speakers.

Year of info

2001

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia

Coordinates

1.039, 120.817; 1.244, 121.092

Location description

On Sulawesi. Northern Toli-Toli near Toli-Toli and Binontoan.

Government support

No government support.

Institutional support

No institutional support

Speakers' attitudes

Generally negative.

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

On Sulawesi. Northern Toli-Toli near Toli-Toli and Binontoan.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Indonesian, Kaili, Bajau

Domains of other languages

Indonesian is used in most domains.

More on context

No data

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

5,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

Location and Context

Countries

northern Central Sulawesi

Coordinates

No data

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

25,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

Speaker number data: (Himmelmann 2001)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia;

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Central Sulawesi, north coast, Tolitoli Utara, Galang, Baolan, Dondo, subdistricts. 29 villages, or parts of villages

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Central Sulawesi, north coast, Tolitoli Utara, Galang, Baolan, Dondo, subdistricts. 29 villages, or parts of villages

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

25,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

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Location description

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Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Media Resources

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