Tonsea language explained

Tonsea
Region:northern Sulawesi
States:Indonesia
Speakers:90,000
Date:1989
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Philippine
Fam4:Minahasan
Fam5:North
Fam6:Northeast
Script:Latin
Iso3:txs
Glotto:tons1240
Glottorefname:Tonsea

Tonsea (Tonsea’) is an Austronesian language of the northern tip of Sulawesi, Indonesia. It belongs to the Minahasan branch of the Philippine languages.[1]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Adelaar, K. Alexander & Himmelmann, Nikolaus (2005). The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar. London: Routledge.