Balantak is an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language spoken at the head of the eastern peninsula of Sulawesi. It is classified as a member of the Saluan-Banggai languages, Saluan-Banggai branch of the Celebic languages, Celebic subgroup. The Balantak language is the primary language of the Balantak people. Although 90% of the population are also proficient in Indonesian language, Indonesian, the vernacular is still vigorously used in everyday contexts, and most children only speak Balantak before entering school.
Phonology
Balantak has the following phoneme inventory:
Sequences of like vowels are phonetically realized as long vowels, e.g. ''toop'' [tÉ”:p] 'cigarette', ''nuur'' [nu:r] 'coconut'.
References
Further reading
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External links
"Balantak" at ''World Atlas of Language Structures''
Saluan–Banggai languages
Languages of Sulawesi
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