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Preferred term

embEmbaloh  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Mbalo (Embaloh) is an Austronesian (Dayak) language of Borneo. Apart from Taman, it is not close to other languages, and its classification has long been controversial. Adelaar and Himmelmann (2005) propose that it was especially close to Buginese. However, it is frequently left as an isolate within (Nuclear) Malayo-Polynesian, a position supported by a 2008 lexicostatistical study.

Entry terms

  • Embaloh language

ISO 639-3 code

  • emb

Notation

  • emb

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/emb

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