Balau

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A language of Malaysia

ISO 639-3
blg
Alternate Names
Bala’u
Population

5,000 (Wurm and Hattori 1981).

Location

Southwest Sarawak, southeast of Simunjan.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic, Ibanic
Dialects

May be a dialect of Iban [iba].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Balau
Writing
Unwritten.
Other Comments

View themselves as a distinct ethnic group.