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}}

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!Labial

!Alveolar

!Velar

!Glottal

colspan="2" |Nasal

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|{{IPA link|n}}

|{{IPA link|ŋ}}

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rowspan="3" |Plosive

!voiceless

|{{IPA link|p}}

|{{IPA link|t}}

|{{IPA link|k}}

|{{IPA link|ʔ}}

voiced

|{{IPA link|b}}

|{{IPA link|d}}

|{{IPA link|ɡ}}

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prenasal

|{{IPA link|ᵐb}}

|{{IPA link|ⁿd}}

|{{IPA link|ᵑɡ}}

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colspan="2" |Fricative

|{{IPA link|β}}

|{{IPA link|s}}

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|{{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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|+ Vowels

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! Front

! Back

Close

|{{IPA link|i}}

|{{IPA link|u}}

Mid

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|{{IPA link|o}}

Open

| colspan="2" |{{IPA link|a}}

References

{{Reflist}}

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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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