Ratahan language
| Ratahan | |
|---|---|
| Toratán | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Sulawesi |
| Ethnicity | 30,000 (1989)[1] |
Native speakers | (500 cited 1999)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rth |
| Glottolog | rata1244 |
| ELP | Ratahan |
Ratahan (also Toratán) is an Austronesian language spoken in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The language is mainly spoken in the Southeast Minahasa region.[2]Part of the Minahasan languages group, it is closely related to nearby languages but remains distinct. Its use is declining as speakers shift to Indonesian or Manado Malay.
References
- ^ a b Ratahan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Himmelmann, Nikolaus P.; Wolff, John U. (1999). Toratán (Ratahan) (PDF). Languages of the World/Materials, 130. München: Lincom Europa.
| Batanic (Bashiic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Luzon |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Greater Central Philippine |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kalamian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minahasan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Luzon |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Mindoro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sangiric | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other branches |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reconstructed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.