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 asTolitoli) is aSulawesi language of theAustronesian language family spoken by 25,000 people ofCentral Sulawesi,Indonesia.
Totoli has asymmetrical voice system.[2] In the examples below,i Winarno mongusut kunji motorna is an actor voice construction, whilekunji itu kusuti i Winarno is an undergoer voice construction.
I
Winaro
moN-kusut
kunji
key
I Winaro moN-kusut kunji motor=na
HONPNAV-look.for key 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:
kopi
coffee
ia
i
Andris
Andrew
kopi ia ni-pogutu i Andris
coffeePRXRLS(UG)-makePN Andrew
'Andrew made this coffee.'[3]: 143
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