Totoli | |
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Native to | parts of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia |
Native speakers | 25,000 (2001)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | txe |
Glottolog | toto1304 |
ELP | Totoli |
Totoli (also known as Tolitoli) is a Sulawesi language of the Austronesian language family spoken by 25,000 people of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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
kunji
key
itu
DIST
kusut-i
look.for-UV2
i
HON
Winaro
PN
'The keys are being looked for by Winarno.'[2]: 1 Unknown glossing abbreviation(s) (help);
The syntactic pivot can be placed before the predicate, as shown:
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† indicate extinct languages |