Tolaki
bahasa Laki
Tolaki is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Tolaki (To'olaki) is the major language of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is an Austronesian language of the Celebic branch.
It is spoken in the Mekongga Mountains region, the Greater Konawe mainland, and around the Pariama Mountains, with 330,000 speakers (2000 census). Tolaki belongs to the Austronesian language family and is a subgroup of the Bungku-Tolaki languages; over time, it has absorbed elements from other ethnic languages—particularly Malay, which serves as the lingua franca and a medium of communication in Sulawesi.
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Words in Tolaki
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tono* | |
| name | tamo* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | biri* | |
| nose | Nusu* | |
| tooth | Nisi* | |
| tongue | elo* | |
| hand | kae* | |
| blood | beli* | |
| bone | buku* | |
| skin | kuli* | |
| knee | lutu* | |
| breast | uhu* | |
| liver | ate* | |
| water | iboi* | |
| fire | api* | |
| sun | oleo* | |
| star | anabula* | |
| rain | usa | |
| stone | batu* | |
| mountain | taNgeno* | |
| tree | puu* | |
| leaf | taba* | |
| night | biNi* | |
| dog | dahu* | |
| fish | ika* | |
| louse | kutu* | |
| one | oaso* | |
| two | ruo* | |
| I | inahu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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