The Tomini-Tolitoli languages are a disputed subgroup of the Austronesian family spoken around the Gulf of Tomini and the district of Tolitoli in northern Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The proposed grouping divides into a Tolitoli branch, comprising Totoli and Boano, and a Tomini branch of eight further languages including Lauje, Dondo and Pendau, but linguists have not demonstrated that the two branches are more closely related to each other than to other languages of Sulawesi.
Facts
RegionGulf of Tomini and Tolitoli regency, northern Central Sulawesi, Indonesia 1 Speaker Count Disputed
Proto-Language StatusNot established, since the unity of the group itself has not been demonstrated 1 Sources
1. Tomini-Tolitoli languages, Wikipedia
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a disputed subgroup in the Austronesian language family spoken off the Gulf of Tomini and the regency of Tolitoli in northern Central Sulawesi province, Indonesia
Demographics section, Total line (Himmelmann 2001:18)
Total: 145,000
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The unity of this group has not yet been demonstrated, and it may well be that the two branches actually are not closer to each other than to other languages of Sulawesi.
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