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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Indonesia (Sulawesi) > Tontemboan

Tontemboan

A language of Indonesia (Sulawesi)

ISO 639-3tnt

Population  150,000 (1990).
Region  Minahasa Peninsula northeast coast, Sonder to Motoling and Tompasobaru areas.
Language map  Indonesia, Sulawesi, reference number 102
Alternate names   Pakewa, Tompakewa, Tountemboan
Dialects  Langoan, Tompaso (Makelai, Makela’i-Maotow), Sonder (Matanai, Matana’i-Maore’).
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Minahasan, North
Language development  Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1933.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Christian.