Alternate Names: Pakewa, Tompakewa, Tountemboan
Dialects: Sonder (Matanai, Matana’i-Maore’), Tompaso (Makelai, Makela’i-Maotow).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 150,000 (1990 J. Merrifield).
Language Use: Under pressure from Manado Malay [xmm].
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1933.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Indonesia
Other Comments: Christian.