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The Head of the district gave permission to Gamkonora speakers from Gamsungi village
to occupy the land in Tosoa and not to the Gamkonora from another group of speakers or
other ethnic groups. This privilege did not stimulate any protest by Waioli people in Tosoa.

Tiana and Galela Language: From the Same Origin but Unrelated
The Tiana language is not mentioned in any literature (or more accurately not yet
discovered). The current speakers of Tiana are the dominant ethnic group in the village of
Jere, Sarau (known as Tiana-Sarau). In the village of Tobelos, many Tiana speakers mingled
with Waioli and Tobaru speakers as well as in Togola -Waioli. Tiana speakers claimed that
they speak Tiana, especially Waioli speakers who live with Tiana speakers in Tobelos and
Sarau village, as well as Gamkonora speakers who are from the neighboring village.

The following chart shows a kinship of Tiana language with Waioli and Gamkonora
Source: (Imelda, 2013) Struktur Diversitas dalam Ekspresi Dolabololo dan Pantun

50
60

70
60

80

90
81

100 87
92
91

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Note: 1. Gamkonora, 2. Gamsungi, 3. Waioli-Bataka, 4. Jere-Waioli,
5. Togola-Waioli, 6. Tiana-Tobelos, 7. Tiana-Sarau

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