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Sambal, Tinà

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3: xsb

Population	70,000 (2000 SIL), decreasing. No monolinguals. Ethnic population: 70,000.
Region	Luzon, northern Zambales Province, 5 towns, 2 villages in Pangasinan Province, and village of Panitian, Quezon on Palawan Island.
Language map	Northern Philippines, reference number 38
Alternate names	Sambali, Tina
Dialects	Santa Cruz, Masinloc, Iba. 70% intelligibility with Botolan.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Central Luzon, Sambalic
Language use	Young people start using it in work situations if they do not go on to higher education; little use among children. All domains among adults. Oral use in local commerce, occasional use in religion and political campaigning. Some letter writing. Adults. They do not use Sambal around outsiders, but they like it when a few outsiders learn Sambal. Also use Filipino [fil], Ilocano [ilo], or English.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 98%. Literacy rate in L2: 98%. Orthography similar to Filipino. Poetry. Newspapers. Radio programs. Videos. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1999.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	There is migration to cities for economic improvement. Agriculturalists: rice; fishermen. Christian, syncretism.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ANTWORTH, Evan L., author. 1984. "Sambal reflexes of Proto-Austronesian phonemes."

ELGINCOLIN, Priscilla R.; ELGINCOLIN, Sotero B.; GOSCHNICK, Hella E., authors. 1988. English-Tina Sambal-Pilipino dictionary.

ELGINCOLIN, Priscilla R.; GOSCHNICK, Hella E., authors. 1979. "Interclausal relationships in Tina Sambal."  

GOSCHNICK, Hella E., author. 1989. The poetic conventions of Tina Sambal.

GOSCHNICK, Hella E., compiler. 1989. Tina Sambal songs and poems.

GOSCHNICK, Hella E.; STORCK, Margaret, authors. 1978. "Tina Sambal [language text]."

MCFARLAND, Austina; QUIMBA, Mafe, compilers; LIEFFERS, Jean, editor. 2003. Twelve stories for twelve stamps & words of wisdom : a cultural anthology of traditional literature from the Philippines.

STONE, Roger, author. 2006. "The Sambalic languages of Central Luzon."  

STONE, Roger, author. 2008. "The Sambalic languages of Central Luzon."

Vernacular Publications

Biyay ni Kristyano. 1985.

Karamilan ang kasalita (The expressions that are often said: a phrase book for Sambali Tina). 1977.

Magompisa tamoy nan mamasa. 1977.

Mamasa tamo. 1977.

Sa magandan pamagbiyay. 1976.

Tawtola sin ona. 1977.

Tototolon, kasalitaan tan pawpakta. 1975.