Gorontalo language

Gorontalo
Gorontalo
Bahasa Hulontalo
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Gorontalo; North Sulawesi; Central Sulawesi;
Native speakers	1 million (2000 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Gorontalo–Mongondow Gorontalic Gorontalo; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-2	gor
ISO 639-3	gor
Glottolog	goro1259

The Gorontalo language (also called Hulontalo) is a language spoken in Gorontalo Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia by the Gorontalo people.

Considerable lexical influence comes from Malay, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, and the North Halmahera languages. Manado Malay and Indonesian are also spoken in the area.

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