Totoli language

Totoli
Totoli
Native to	parts of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Native speakers	25,000 (2001)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Celebic Tomini–Tolitoli ? Tolitoli Totoli; ; ; ; ;
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.

Grammar

Voice

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:

gaukan

king

no-gutu

AV.RLS-make

ponguman

story

itu

DIST

'The king made this announcement.'^[3]^: 142

kopi

coffee

ia

PRX

ni-pogutu

RLS(UG)-make

i

PN

Andris

Andrew

'Andrew made this coffee.'^[3]^: 143

References

^ Totoli at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b ^c Riesberg, Sonja (2014). Symmetrical voice and linking in Western Austronesian languages. Walter de Gruyter.
^ ^a ^b Adelaar, K. Alexander; Himmelmann, Nikolaus, eds. (2005). The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar.

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[e18-1] Totoli at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Riesberg-2] Riesberg, Sonja (2014). Symmetrical voice and linking in Western Austronesian languages. Walter de Gruyter.

[AdelaarHimmelmann-3] Adelaar, K. Alexander; Himmelmann, Nikolaus, eds. (2005). The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar.

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