Tolaki language explained

Tolaki language should not be confused with Taloki language.

Tolaki
States:Indonesia
Region:Sulawesi
Speakers:330,000
Date:2000 census
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Celebic
Fam4:Bungku–Tolaki
Fam5:Western
Fam6:West Coast
Iso3:lbw
Glotto:tola1247
Glottorefname:Tolaki

Tolaki (To'olaki) is the major language of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is an Austronesian language of the Celebic branch.

Phonology

!Labial!Alveolar!Velar!Glottal
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Plosivevoicelesspronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
voicedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
prenasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Lateralpronounced as /link/
Trillpronounced as /link/
pronounced as //b// and pronounced as //d// are optionally realized as implosives pronounced as /link/ and pronounced as /link/. pronounced as //β// can also be heard as a glide pronounced as /link/.

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Vowels!! Front! Back
Closepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/