title: Tondano language
text: # Tondano language
  
  Tondano (also known as Tolou, Tolour, Tondanou, and Toulour) is an Austronesian language spoken in the Tondano area of northeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is most similar to Tombulu and to Tonsea.
  
  There is some lexical influence from European languages, such as Dutch, as well as Malay, Tombulu, and Ternate.
  
  ## Dialects
  
  There are three main dialects of the Tondano language: Tondano proper, Kakas or Ka'kas, and Remboken.
  
  