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

Topoiyo

A language of Indonesia (Sulawesi)

ISO 639-3toy

Population  2,000 (1988 SIL).
Region  West Sulawesi, Mamuju District, Budong-Budong subdistrict inland along Budong-Budong River.
Language map  Indonesia, Sulawesi, reference number 103
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 66% with Sarudu [sdu] and Da’a [kzf], 56% with Ledo [lew], 54% with the Parigi dialect of Kaili [lew].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Celebic, Kaili-Pamona, Northern, Kaili
Language use  Vigorous.
Comments  Recent settlers from elsewhere and rubber plantation development brought new language contacts. Swidden agriculturalists; rubber plantation workers. Muslim.