Toraja languages

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The Toraja languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the Toraja people in the highland regions of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Toraja languages canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian languages
language group
are closely related to each other
arealGroup Sulawesi languages NERFINISHED
areEndangered some member languages are vulnerable
areRecognizedBy Indonesian local governments in South Sulawesi
areStudiedIn Austronesian linguistics NERFINISHED
South Sulawesi comparative studies
associatedWith Toraja culture NERFINISHED
Toraja funeral rites
Toraja traditional religion
branchOf South Sulawesi subgroup
closelyRelatedTo Bugis language NERFINISHED
Makassarese language NERFINISHED
country Indonesia
ethnicity Toraja NERFINISHED
glottologCode tora1264
glottologName Torajaic NERFINISHED
hasMember Aralle-Tabulahan language NERFINISHED
Kalumpang language NERFINISHED
Mamasa language NERFINISHED
Mambi language NERFINISHED
Saʼdan Toraja language NERFINISHED
Talondoʼ language
Taʼe language NERFINISHED
Toalaʼ language NERFINISHED
have dialectal variation across Toraja highlands
haveInfluenceFrom Indonesian language
isoClassification Austronesian NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian
linguisticFeature focus-like constructions
rich verbal morphology
voice alternations
partOf Austronesian language family NERFINISHED
region highland regions of South Sulawesi
spokenBy Toraja people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Indonesia
South Sulawesi NERFINISHED
status regional languages of Indonesia
subclassOf Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
South Sulawesi languages NERFINISHED
typology predominantly agglutinative
usedFor daily communication among Toraja people
oral literature
traditional rituals
wordOrder SVO-dominant
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palopo hasLocalLanguages Toraja languages
Tana Toraja Regency language Toraja languages