Embaloh (Maloh) is an
Austronesian (
Dayak) language of spoken in
West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Apart from
Taman
Taman may refer to: Places
*Taman Peninsula, a peninsula in southern Russia
**Taman Bay, an inlet of the Strait of Kerch off the peninsula
**Taman, Russia, a rural locality located on the peninsula
** Port of Taman, a seaport on the Peninsula
* ...
, it is not close to other languages on Borneo, but rather belongs to the
South Sulawesi languages closest to
Buginese.
Many speakers of Embaloh also speak
Iban
IBAN or Iban or Ibán may refer to:
Banking
* International Bank Account Number
Ethnology
* Iban culture
* Iban language
* Iban people
Given name
Cycling
* Iban Iriondo (born 1984)
* Iban Mayo (born 1977)
* Iban Mayoz (born 1981)
Football
* ...
, leading to the adoption of some Iban loanwords into Embaloh.
The Kalis dialect (Kalis Maloh) may be a distinct language.
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References
Bibliography
*K. Alexander Adelaar and Nikolaus Himmelmann, ''The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar.'' Routledge, 2005.
Languages of Indonesia
South Sulawesi languages
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