Balantak language

"Balantak" redirects here. For the district, see Balantak, Sulawesi.

Balantak
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Sulawesi
Native speakers	30,000 (2000)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Celebic Saluan-Banggai Banggaian Balantak
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`blz`
Glottolog	`bala1315`^[2]

Balantak is the main language of the head of the eastern peninsula of Sulawesi. Balantak is an Austronesian language of the Celebic branch, and is classified as a member of the Saluan-Banggai group of languages.

References

↑ Balantak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Balantak". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Links

"Balantak", at World Atlas of Language Structures

Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages

Malayo-Sumbawan

Sundanese

Baduy
Sundanese

Madurese

Malayo-Chamic

Chamic	Acehnese Cham dialects Chru Haroi Jarai Rade Roglai Tsat (Utsat)

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Northwest Sumatran

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Lampungic

Lampung Api
Lampung Nyo
Komering

Celebic
(Disputed)

South Sulawesi

Moken

Moken dialects

Javanese

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Banyumasan
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Kawi (Old Javanese)
Kedu
Osing
Tenggerese

Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
(over 700 languages)

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian groups	Halmahera–Cenderawasih Oceanic languages

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Unclassified

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