Balantak

E569518

Balantak is an Austronesian language of central Sulawesi, Indonesia, closely related to and often grouped with the Saluan language.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Balantak canonical 7
Balantakese 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
language
closelyRelatedTo Saluan
continent Asia
country Indonesia
ethnicGroup Balantak people
glottologCode bala1314
glottologName Balantak
hasMorphologyType agglutinative language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (reported in some descriptions)
simple consonant inventory typical of Celebic languages
hasTypology SVO word order
ISO639-3Code blz
languageFamily Austronesian
Celebic
Malayo-Polynesian
Saluan–Banggai
locatedInTimeZone UTC+8
oftenGroupedWith Saluan
region eastern Central Sulawesi
linked to: Central Sulawesi
spokenIn Central Sulawesi
Indonesia
Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
subclassOf Austronesian languages
Celebic languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Saluanic languages
Saluan–Banggai languages
usedAs vernacular language in local communities
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Balantak people ethnicity Balantak
Balantak glottologName Balantak
Balantak language hasAlternativeName Balantakese
linked to: Balantak