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Austronesian language spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia
Bantik is an
endangered
Austronesian language , perhaps a
Philippine language, of
North Sulawesi ,
Indonesia . It is the traditional language of the
Bantik people , who are now switching to
Manado Malay (the local variety of
Malay ) as their language for everyday communication. While using Indonesia for formal and religious occasions. Though Bantik is still used as a marker of
ethnic identity .
Bantik is regarded as a men's language, used by men in private, and it is considered improper to speak to women in Bantik. Very few women under the age of 30 know how to speak it.
Phonology
Vowels
Consonants
Grammar
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(February 2021 )
Morphology
Bantik is
agglutinative .
Syntax
The basic sentence orders of Bantik are
subject–verb–object and
verb–object–subject . The former is used when introducing a new object, the latter when introducing a new subject.
References
Further reading
Utsumi, Atsuko (2000). "Field-work on Bantik language". In Kazuto Matsumura (ed.). Studies in Minority Languages . pp. 18–20.
Utsumi, Atsuko (2000). "Bantik text: Bararogodo? and Uheitinenden". In Tasaku Tsunoda (ed.). Basic Materials in Minority Languages . pp. 23–32.
Utsumi, Atsuko (2012).
"Applicative Verbs and Applicative Construction in the Bantik Language" (PDF) . Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (JSEALS) . 5 : 107–125.
hdl :
1885/9147 .
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extinct status