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Tonsea language

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

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

References

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  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.

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