Lolak

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
llq
Population

3,000 (2004 SIL).

Location

North Sulawesi Province, Bolaang Mongondow regency, Lolak subdistrict, Lolak, Mongkoinit, and Motabang villages. Inland area watershed of lower Mongodow river.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Greater Central Philippine, Gorontalo-Mongondow, Gorontalic
Dialects

Structurally related to Gorontalo [gor], but with heavy lexical borrowing from Mongondow [mog]. Lexical similarity: 79% with Mongondow [mog], 66% with Ponosakan [pns], 63% with Kaidipang [kzp].

Language Use

Children mostly or exclusively use Indonesian [ind] (1990). Also use Indonesian [ind] or Mongondow [mog].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Lolak
Other Comments

Muslim.