Ratahan

RTH

nearly extinct

Alternate Names: Bentenan, Pasan, Toratan

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Philippine
Sangiric
Southern

Demographics: 500 (Himmelmann and Wolff 1999), decreasing. Ethnic population: 30,000 (1989).

Language Use: Under pressure from Manado Malay [xmm]. Most are 60 and older.

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.