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LLQ ISO 639-3

Lolak

A language of Indonesia

ISO 639
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Population
50 (Lobel and Paputungan 2017), decreasing. No monolinguals (2017). Ethnic population: 3,000 (Lobel and Paputungan 2017).
Location:
North Sulawesi province: Bolaang Mongondow regency, Lolak sub-district, Lolak, Mongkoinit, Mongkoinit Barat, Tombolango, and Motabang villages.
Language Status
8b (Nearly extinct).
Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Gorontalo-Mongondow, Gorontalic
Dialects
None known. Structurally related to Gorontalo [gor], but with heavy lexical borrowing from Mongondow [mog]. Lexical similarity: 79% with Mongondow [mog], 66% with Ponosakan [pns], 63% with Kaidipang [kzp].
Language Use
Children mostly or exclusively use Manado Malay [xmm] (2019 J. Lobel). Elderly only. Neutral attitudes. Shifted to Manado Malay [xmm]. A few also use Indonesian [ind]. A few also use Mongondow [mog].
Language Development
Texts.
Other Comments
Muslim.

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Location: North Sulawesi province: Bolaang Mongondow regency, Lolak sub-district, Lolak, Mongkoinit, Mongkoinit Barat, Tombolango, and Motabang villages.