Embaloh (Maloh) is an
Austronesian
Austronesian may refer to:
*The Austronesian languages
*The historical Austronesian peoples
The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, M ...
(
Dayak) language of spoken in
West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Apart from
Taman, 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, 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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