Embaloh language

Mbalo
Mbalo
Embaloh
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Kalimantan
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1991)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Nuclear MP South Sulawesi ? Bugis–Tamanic ? Tamanic Mbalo; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Kalis;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	emb
Glottolog	emba1238

Mbalo (Embaloh) is an Austronesian (Dayak) language of Borneo. Apart from Taman, it is not close to other languages, and its classification has long been controversial. Adelaar and Himmelmann (2005) propose that it is especially close to Buginese. However, it is frequently left as an isolate within (Nuclear) Malayo-Polynesian.

Kalis (Kalis Maloh) may be a distinct language.

References

^ Mbalo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Bibliography

K. Alexander Adelaar and Nikolaus Himmelmann, The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar. Routledge, 2005.

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