Tondano language

Tondano (also known as Tolou, Tolour, Tondanou, and Toulour) is an Austronesian language spoken in the Tondano area of northeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is most similar to Tombulu and to Tonsea.^[1]

Tondano
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Northeast Sulawesi
Native speakers	(92,000 cited 1981)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Minahasan North Northeast Tondano
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tdn
Glottolog	tond1251

There is some lexical influence from European languages, such as Dutch, as well as Malay, Tombulu, and Ternate.^[2][3][4]

Dialects

There are three main dialects of the Tondano language: Tondano proper, Kakas or Ka'kas, and Remboken.^[5]

See also

• Minahasan languages
• Languages of Indonesia