| Embaloh | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | West Kalimantan |
Native speakers | (10,000 cited 1991)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | emb |
| Glottolog | emba1238 |
Embaloh (Maloh) is anAustronesian (Dayak) language spoken inWest Kalimantan, Indonesia.[2]: 86 Apart fromTaman, it is not close to other languages on Borneo, but rather belongs to theSouth Sulawesi languages closest toBuginese.[3] Many speakers of Embaloh also speakIban, leading to the adoption of some Iban loanwords into Embaloh.[2]: 114
The Kalis dialect (Kalis Maloh) may be a distinct language.[1]
Notes: Normalized orthography withng and' instead ofŋ and superscriptʔ (ʔ).
"Aisi antuun indi' mantoan ulu'ulu'. Bopu' poang kule'a dakatoaniak ulu'ulu'," kaingka lalo i Lang Kibo. "Ona'kin, ti'kin matoan bapi!"
"These ghosts never stop asking. I'm getting fed up with their questions to me", said Lang Kibo. "Just watch it, if you started to ask again!"— [3]
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