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