Totoli language
Austronesian language spoken on Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Totoli (also known as Tolitoli) is a Sulawesi language of the Austronesian language family spoken by about 25,000 of the Totoli people of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
NativetoParts of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Native speakers
(25,000 cited 2001)[1]Austronesian
-
Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
- Celebic (?)
- Tomini–Tolitoli (?)
- Tolitoli
- Totoli
- Tolitoli
- Tomini–Tolitoli (?)
- Celebic (?)
| Totoli | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Parts of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia |
Native speakers | (25,000 cited 2001)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | txe |
| Glottolog | toto1304 |
| ELP | Totoli |
Grammar
Voice
Totoli has a symmetrical voice system.[2] In the examples below, i Winarno mongusut kunji motorna is an actor voice construction, while kunji itu kusuti i Winarno is an undergoer voice construction.
I
HON
Winaro
PN
moN-kusut
AV-look.for
kunji
key
motor=na
scooter=3S.GEN
'Winarno is looking for the keys of his scooter.'[2]: 1
The syntactic pivot can be placed before the predicate, as shown:
