Totoli language explained

Totoli
States:parts of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Speakers:25,000
Date:2001
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
Fam3:Celebic
Fam4:Tomini–Tolitoli ?
Fam5:Tolitoli
Iso3:txe
Glotto:toto1304
Glottorefname:Totoli

Totoli (also known as Tolitoli) is a Sulawesi language of the Austronesian language family spoken by 25,000 people of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Grammar

Voice

Totoli has a symmetrical voice system.[1] In the examples below, is an actor voice construction, while is an undergoer voice construction.

The syntactic pivot can be placed before the predicate, as shown:

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Riesberg . Sonja . Symmetrical voice and linking in Western Austronesian languages . Walter de Gruyter . 2014.