Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines
Ambala |
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Ambala Ayta |
Native to | Philippines |
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Region | Zambales, Olongapo, Dinalupihan |
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Native speakers | (1,700 cited 1986)[1] |
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Language codes |
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ISO 639-3 | abc |
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Glottolog | amba1267 |
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Ambala is a Sambalic language spoken in the Philippines. It has more than 2,000 speakers[2][full citation needed] and is spoken within Aeta communities in the Zambal municipalities of Subic, San Marcelino, and Castillejos; in the city of Olongapo; and in Dinalupihan, Bataan.[1]
Reid (1994)[3] reports the following Ambala locations, from SIL word lists:
Himes (2012)[4] also collected Ambala data from the following locations:
See also
References
- ^ a b Ambala at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Ramos 2004
- ^ Reid, Lawrence A. (1994). "Possible Non-Austronesian Lexical Elements in Philippine Negrito Languages". Oceanic Linguistics. 33 (1): 37–72. doi:10.2307/3623000. hdl:10125/32986. JSTOR 3623000.
- ^ Himes, Ronald S. (2012). "The Central Luzon Group of Languages". Oceanic Linguistics. 51 (2): 490–537. doi:10.1353/ol.2012.0013. JSTOR 23321866. S2CID 143589926.
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