Tombulu | |
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Minahasa | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | northern Sulawesi |
Native speakers | (60,000 cited 1981)[1] |
Austronesian
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Latin Malesung (historical) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tom |
Glottolog | tomb1243 |
Tombulu, also known as Minahasan language, is an Austronesian language of northern Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is a Minahasan language, a sub-group of the Philippine languages.
It is a local language of the Minahasa people spoken in the city of Tomohon and in the villages under the Kota Tomohon administration such as Rurukan, Pinaras, Kumelembuai, Woloan, and Tara-Tara. It is also spoken in the villages under the administration of the Minahasa Regency in the Tombulu district, Tombariri district, Mandolang district, Pineleng district, and two villages in the Sonder district, namely Rambunan and Sawangan.