Tondano

A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Tolou, Tolour, Tondanou, Toulour

Population

92,000 in Indonesia (Wurm and Hattori 1981), decreasing.

Location

North Sulawesi Province, Toulour regency. North peninsula, Lake Tondano area southeast and east. Also in United States.

Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification

Dialects

Kakas (Ka’kas), Remboken, Tondano. Most similar to Tombulu [tom] and Tonsea [txs].

Language Use

Under pressure from Manado Malay [xmm].

Language Development

Grammar. NT: 1996.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.

Other Comments

Christian.