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Tontemboan is an Austronesian language, of northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is a Minahasan language, a sub-group of the Philippine languages.[2]

Tontemboan
Native toIndonesia
Regionnorthern Sulawesi
Native speakers
(150,000 cited 1990)[1]
Language family
Writing system
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3tnt
Glottologtont1239
Tontemboan Bible, by M. Adriani-Gunning and J. Regar, published in 1907 by Firma P.W.M Trap, Leiden, Holland.
Tontemboan Bible, by M. Adriani-Gunning and J. Regar, published in 1907 by Firma P.W.M Trap, Leiden, Holland.

Name and dialects


Other names and dialect names are: Makela'i-Maotow, Makelai, Matana'i-Maore', Matanai, Pakewa, Kumawangkoan, Tompakewa, Tumompaso, Sonder, Tountemboan.[3]


Usage


As of 2013, an estimated 100,000 people speak the language, but it is not being passed on to children. It is used in the areas of Sonder, Kawangkoan, Tompaso, Langowan, Tumpaan, Suluun, Amurang, Kumelembuai, Motoling, Tompaso Baru, and Modoinding.[4] Documentation of the language assembled by missionaries a century ago is relatively inaccessible to Tontemboan speakers, as it is written in the Dutch language.[5]

In 1907, Firma P.W.M Trap, Leiden, Holland published a Bible in the Tontemboan language. It was edited by Maria Lamberta Adriani-Gunning and Johannis Regar.


Vocabulary


EnglishTontemboan[6]Pronunciation
oneesa
tworua
threetellu
fourepat
fivelima
sixenem
sevenpitu
eightwallu
ninesiou
tenmapulu
northmonge
southmeko
westmako
eastmico
waterrano
showerlemele
eatkuman
worktamawoy
fireapi
earlunteng
coldutiŋ
largewangkər
Iaku
youangko
know-taʔu
saynuwu

References


  1. Tontemboan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Liao (2008), p. 3
  3. OLAC resources in and about the Tontemboan language
  4. Sneddon (1970), p. 16
  5. Bruce Wallace (Director) (2013-10-10). "When New Yorker Rose Monintja speaks her native tongue, the memories flood back". The World. Public Radio International. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
  6. Sneddon (1970), pp. 20–26

Sources





На других языках


[de] Tontemboan

Tontemboan ist eine in Nordsulawesi um Langoan, Sonder, Suluun und Amurang gesprochene Sprache.[2] Sie gehört zu den philippinischen Sprachen der malayo-polynesischen Sprachen innerhalb der austronesischen Sprachen. Andere Namen und Dialekte sind: Makela'i-Maotow, Makelai, Matana'i-Maore', Matanai, Pakewa, Sonder, Tompakewa, Tompaso, Tountemboan.
- [en] Tontemboan language

[fr] Tontemboan

Le tontemboan (ou tompakewa) est une langue austronésienne parlée dans la province du Nord, de Sulawesi, en Indonésie. La langue s'étend dans une région centrée sur les villes de Langoan, Sonder et Amurang[2].



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