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Mongondow language

Mongondow language

Austronesian language spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia

Mongondow, or Bolaang Mongondow, is one of the Philippine languages spoken in Bolaang Mongondow Regency and neighbouring regencies of North Sulawesi (Celebes) and Gorontalo Provinces, Indonesia.[2] With more than 200,000 speakers, it is the major language of the regency. Historically, it served as the official language of the Bolaang Mongondow Kingdom.[3]

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There is some lexical influence from Malay and Ternate,[4][5][6] as well as the Indonesian national language.[7] It is a threatened language, with a shift to Manado Malay in the younger generation.[8] The moribund Lolak language has borrowed much of its lexicon from Mongondow, but appears to be more closely related to Gorontalo.[9][10]

Phonology

Mongondow has the following phoneme inventory:[11]

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The lateral /l/ is pronounced as alveolar [l] when adjacent to the front vowels /e/, /i/. In all other environments, it is a retroflex [ɭ].[12]

Grammar

Pronouns

The personal pronouns are:[13]

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Numerals

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References

  1. [1]
    Mongondow at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Christopher Moseley (2008). Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-1357-9640-2.
  3. [3]
    Sneddon (1991), p. 301.
  4. [4]
    Dunnebier (1929a), p. 312.
  5. [5]
    Sneddon (1989), p. 92.
  6. [6]
    Babcock (1990), p. 192.
  7. [7]
    Usup et al. (1981), p. 213.
  8. [8]
    Korompot, Chairil Anwar (10–11 September 2008), "Menyelamatkan Bahasa Bolaang-Mongondow", Tribun Totabuan (in Indonesian)
  9. [9]
    Sneddon (1991).
  10. [10]
    Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019), "Lolak", Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22 ed.), Dallas, Texas: SIL International, archived from the original on 2019-06-06
  11. [11]
    Dunnebier (1929a), p. 297.
  12. [12]
    Dunnebier (1929a), pp. 317–324.
  13. [13]
    Dunnebier (1930), pp. 105–111.
  14. [14]
    Dunnebier (1930), pp. 75ff..

Bibliography

Mongondow language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator
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