The Minahasan languages are a group of languages spoken by the Minahasa people in northern Sulawesi. The languages are, Tonsawang North Minahasan Tontemboan Northeast: Tondano, Tombulu, Tonsea Adelaar and Himmelmann (2005) classified Sangiric and Minahasan as branches of the Philippine languages. However, a 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database found moderate (80%) support for a Sangir-Minahasan family, which it placed among the Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages.

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  • The Minahasan languages are a group of languages spoken by the Minahasa people in northern Sulawesi. The languages are, Tonsawang North Minahasan Tontemboan Northeast: Tondano, Tombulu, Tonsea Adelaar and Himmelmann (2005) classified Sangiric and Minahasan as branches of the Philippine languages. However, a 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database found moderate (80%) support for a Sangir-Minahasan family, which it placed among the Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages.
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  • Austronesian
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  • Minahasan
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  • The Minahasan languages are a group of languages spoken by the Minahasa people in northern Sulawesi. The languages are, Tonsawang North Minahasan Tontemboan Northeast: Tondano, Tombulu, Tonsea Adelaar and Himmelmann (2005) classified Sangiric and Minahasan as branches of the Philippine languages. However, a 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database found moderate (80%) support for a Sangir-Minahasan family, which it placed among the Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages.
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  • Minahasan languages
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