Ambala is a Sambalic language spoken in the

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. It has more than 2,000 speakersRamos 2004 and is spoken within

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communities in the

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of Subic,

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, and

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; in the

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; and in

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. Reid (1994) reports the following Ambala locations, from SIL word lists: *Maliwacat, Cabalan,

, Zambales *Batong Kalyo (Pili),

, Zambales Himes (2012) also collected Ambala data from the following locations: *Pastolan,

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Metropolitan Authority *Gordon Heights,

Olongapo City Olongapo (), officially the City of Olongapo (; ; ; Kapampangan: ''Lakanbalen/Ciudad ning Olongapo''), is a highly urbanized city in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 260,317 peo ...

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Endangered Austronesian languages Sambalic languages Aeta languages Languages of Zambales Languages of Bataan {{philippine-lang-stub

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