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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

12000

Domains of Use

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Transmission

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

Native Speakers Worldwide

12000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2001

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia

Coordinates

-0.155, 120.004; -0.045, 120.056

Location description

On Sulawesi. Near Kasimbar and Tada.

Government support

No government support.

Institutional support

No institutional support

Speakers’s attitudes

Generally negative.

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

On Sulawesi. Near Kasimbar and Tada.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Indonesian, Kaili

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

18,000 12,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia: Sulawesi

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Spoken on the east coast of the central part of the narrow neck connecting the bulk of Sulawesi with its northeastern peninsula. One part of them is located near Kasimbar, and another further north near Tada.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Spoken on the east coast of the central part of the narrow neck connecting the bulk of Sulawesi with its northeastern peninsula. One part of them is located near Kasimbar, and another further north near Tada.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Indonesian

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

12,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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; Ampibabo, Tinombo, and Sindue subdistricts

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Central Sulawesi; Ampibabo, Tinombo, and Sindue subdistricts

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

12,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

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Year of info

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

No data

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

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Media Resources

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