Tolaki language
{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia}}
{{distinguish|Taloki language}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Tolaki
|states=Indonesia
|region=Sulawesi
|speakers=330,000
|date=2000 census
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Celebic
|fam4=Bungku–Tolaki
|fam5=Western
|fam6=West Coast
|iso3=lbw
|glotto=tola1247
|glottorefname=Tolaki
}}
Tolaki (To'olaki) is the major language of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is an Austronesian language of the Celebic branch.
Phonology
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|+ ConsonantsZalili Sailan and La Ode Sidu Marafad and Gusarmin Sofyan and Sahlan, and Hamuni. 1995. Tata Bahasa Tolaki. Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan.Mead, David. 1998. Proto–Bungku-Tolaki: Reconstruction of its phonology and aspects of its morphosyntax . PhD dissertation. Houston: Rice University, p. 19. {{hdl|1911/19290|hdl-access=free}} ! colspan="2" | |
| colspan="2" |Nasal
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| rowspan="3" |Plosive
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| voiced
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| prenasal
|{{IPA link|ᵐb}} |{{IPA link|ⁿd}} |{{IPA link|ᵑɡ}} | |
| colspan="2" |Fricative
|{{IPA link|β}} |{{IPA link|s}} | |{{IPA link|h}} |
| colspan="2" |Lateral
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| colspan="2" |Trill
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{{IPA|/b/}} and {{IPA|/d/}} are optionally realized as implosives {{IPAblink|ɓ}} and {{IPAblink|ɗ}}. {{IPA|/β/}} can also be heard as a glide {{IPAblink|w}}.
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! ! Front ! Back |
| Close
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| Mid
|{{IPA link|e}} |{{IPA link|o}} |
| Open
| colspan="2" |{{IPA link|a}} |
References
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{{Celebic languages}}
{{Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages}}
{{Languages of Indonesia}}
Category:Bungku–Tolaki languages
Category:Languages of Sulawesi
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