Tolai

language of the indigenous people of East New Britain Province of Papua New Guinea
Intangible natural_language Q35870
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Tolai

Summary

Tolai is a natural language[1]. Tolai draws 118 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #312 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tolai is in the country of Papua New Guinea[3].
  • Tolai's instance of is recorded as natural language[4].
  • Tolai's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Tolai is a type of Patpatar–Tolai[6].
  • Tolai's writing system is recorded as Latin script[7].
  • Tolai's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tolai language[8].
  • Tolai's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+61000'}[9].
  • Tolai's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+20000'}[10].
  • Tolai's indigenous to is recorded as Tolai people[11].
  • Tolai's indigenous to is recorded as East New Britain Province[12].
  • Tolai's indigenous to is recorded as West New Britain Province[13].
  • Tolai's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KSD[14].
  • Tolai's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 3 Wider Communication[15].
  • Tolai's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object[16].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[4] and modern language[5]. Tolai is a type of Patpatar–Tolai[6].

Why It Matters

Tolai draws 118 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #312 of 734).[2] Tolai has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Tolai is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Country Papua New Guinea
    Iso 639-2 code map
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