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Toba Overview
Toba may refer to: Languages * Toba Sur language, spoken in South America * Batak Toba, spoken in Indonesia People * Toba people, indigenous peoples of the Gran Chaco in South America * Toba Batak people, a sub-ethnic group of Batak people from North Sumatra, Indonesia * Tuoba (拓拔), an early name for a clan of the Xianbei people in ancient China * Toba Sōjō (1053–1140), Japanese astronomer and artist-monk * Emperor Toba, emperor of Japan * Toba Spitzer, lesbian rabbi in Arizona, USA * Petre Tobă (born 1964), Romanian politician * Toshimasa Toba (born 1975), Japanese footballer * Georgian Tobă (born 1989), Romanian footballer * Andreas Toba (born 1990), German gymnast Places * Toba, an area in Northern Sumatra that is now included in the Toba Samosir Regency ** Lake Toba, a lake in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, and site of the volcanic Toba eruption 75,000 years ago ** Toba catastrophe theory, according to which modern human evolution was affected by the Toba erup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toba Sur Language
Toba Qom is a Guaicuruan language spoken in South America by the Toba (tribe), Toba people. The language is known by a variety of names including Toba, Qom or Kom, Chaco Sur, Qom la'aqtaqa by its speakers, and Toba Sur. In Argentina, it is most widely dispersed in the eastern regions of the provinces of Formosa Province, Formosa and Chaco Province, Chaco, where the majority of the approximately 19,810 (2000 WCD) speakers reside. The language is distinct from Toba-Pilagá and Paraguayan Toba-Maskoy. There are also 146 Toba speakers in Bolivia where it is known as Qom and in Paraguay where it is also known as Qob or Toba-Qom. In 2010, the province of Chaco in Argentina declared Qom as one of four provincial official languages alongside Spanish and the indigenous Moqoit language, Moqoit and Wichí language, Wichí. Classification There are seven linguistic families and two independent languages among the different indigenous languages in Chaco. The Toba language belongs to the Gua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |