Tombulu language

Tombulu
Tombulu
Minahasa
Native to	Indonesia
Region	northern Sulawesi
Native speakers	(60,000 cited 1981)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Minahasan North Northeast Tombulu; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin; Malesung (historical)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tom
Glottolog	tomb1243

Tombulu, also known as Minahasan language, is an Austronesian language of northern Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is a Minahasan language, a sub-group of the Philippine languages.

It is a local language of the Minahasa people spoken in the city of Tomohon and in the villages under the Kota Tomohon administration such as Rurukan, Pinaras, Kumelembuai, Woloan, and Tara-Tara. It is also spoken in the villages under the administration of the Minahasa Regency in the Tombulu district, Tombariri district, Mandolang district, Pineleng district, and two villages in the Sonder district, namely Rambunan and Sawangan.

Below are the list of villages that historically speaks bahasa Tombulu:

Kota Tomohon

Wailan
Kayawu
Woloan
Tara-Tara
Rurukan
Pinaras
Kumelembuai
Pangolombian
Lahendong

Minahasa Regency

(Pineleng District)

Sea
Pineleng
Warembungan
Lotta
Kali

(Tombulu District)

Koka
Sawangan
Kamangta
Tombuluan
Kembes
Rumengkor
Suluan

(Mandolang District)

Agotey
Koha
Tateli

(Tombariri District)

Mokupa
Poopoh
Senduk
Kumu
Pinasungkulan

(Sonder District)

Sawangan
Rambunan

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