Tomini language explained

Tomini
Also Known As:Tialo
States:Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Speakers:30,000
Date:2001
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Celebic
Fam4:Tomini–Tolitoli
Fam5:Tomini
Iso3:txm
Glotto:tomi1243
Glottorefname:Tomini

Tomini proper, or Tialo, is an Austronesian language of the Celebic branch spoken in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Tialo speakers live along the coast of the Tomini Bay between Tingkulang (Tomini) and Moutong.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Himmelmann, Nikolaus P. . Sourcebook on Tomini-Tolitoli languages: General information and word lists . Pacific Linguistics . 511 . Canberra . The Australian National University . 10.15144/PL-511.