Minahasan languages

E30463

Austronesian languages language family

Minahasan languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken by the Minahasan people in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian languages → language family →
arealFeature	Sulawesi languages →
arealGroupWith	Gorontalo–Mongondow languages →
areEndangered	true →
continent	Asia →
country	Indonesia →
ethnicity	Minahasan people →
hasAlternativeName	Minahasan language group → Minahasanic languages →
hasLanguage	Pasan language → Tombulu language → Tondano language → Tonsawang language → Tonsea language → Tontemboan language →
haveMorphologicalFeature	voice system typical of Philippine-type languages →
havePhonologicalFeature	rich consonant inventory →
historicalRegion	Minahasa →
languageBranchOf	Malayo-Polynesian →
linguisticTypology	agglutinative language →
partOf	Austronesian language family →
region	Minahasa Peninsula →
spokenBy	Minahasan people →
spokenIn	Indonesia → North Sulawesi →
subclassOf	Greater Central Philippine languages → Malayo-Polynesian languages → Philippine languages →
subjectTo	language shift to Indonesian →
usedIn	local cultural practices of Minahasan people → oral tradition in Minahasa →
wordOrder	verb–initial →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gorontalo–Mongondow languages →	closelyRelatedTo
Minahasan languages ("Minahasan language group") →	hasAlternativeName
North Sulawesi →	hasLanguage
Austronesian languages →	hasSubfamily
Manado →	localLanguage