Minahasan languages
| Minahasan | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | northern Sulawesi |
| Linguistic classification |
Austronesian
|
| Glottolog | mina1272[1] |
The Minahasan languages are a group of languages spoken by the Minahasa people in northern Sulawesi. These languages are distinct from the Manado Malay language.
Classification
The languages are (Sneddon 1978:9):[2]
- Tonsawang
- North Minahasan
- Tontemboan
- Northeast: Tondano, Tombulu (Minahasa), Tonsea
The Minahasan languages are classified as a branch of the Philippine subgroup.[3]
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Minahasan". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Sneddon, James N. 1978. Proto-Minahasan: phonology, morphology, and wordlist. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
- ↑ Adelaar, K. Alexander & Himmelmann, Nikolaus (2005). The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar. London: Routledge.
External links
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.