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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

~30000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

No data

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

Native Speakers Worldwide

~30000

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 numbers for Tomini are unreliable in general. Actual speaker numbers may be 10,000 higher or 10,000 lower than what is given here.

Year of info

2001

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia

Coordinates

.0564, 120.551; 0.519, 120.803

Location description

On Sulawesi. On a continuous stretch of shore between Tomini and Moutong.

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. On a continuous stretch of shore between Tomini and Moutong.

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

42,000 30,000

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

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia: Sulawesi

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Sulawesi, on the south coast of the northeastern peninsula of Sulawesi, in its extreme western part where it joins the narrow neck which links the peninsula to the bulk of Sulawesi. One part of Tialo is spoken east of Tomini town, the other to the west of Moutong town.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Sulawesi, on the south coast of the northeastern peninsula of Sulawesi, in its extreme western part where it joins the narrow neck which links the peninsula to the bulk of Sulawesi. One part of Tialo is spoken east of Tomini town, the other to the west of Moutong town.

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

30,000

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; Moutong, Tomini, Tinombo subdistricts along Tomini Bay. 42 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; Moutong, Tomini, Tinombo subdistricts along Tomini Bay. 42 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

30,000

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

No data

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

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