Tonsea language

Summary

Tonsea (Tonsea’) is an Austronesian language of the northern tip of Sulawesi, Indonesia. It belongs to the Minahasan branch of the Philippine languages.[2]

Tonsea
Native toIndonesia
Regionnorthern Sulawesi
Native speakers
(90,000 cited 1989)[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3txs
Glottologtons1240

References edit

  1. ^ Tonsea at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Adelaar, K. Alexander & Himmelmann, Nikolaus (2005). The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar. London: Routledge.

Further reading edit

  • WATUSEKE, F. S. “MINAHASISCHE LIEDEREN UIT TONSÉA’”. In: Bijdragen Tot de Taal-, Land- En Volkenkunde 136, no. 2/3 (1980): 353–71. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27863311.