Balaesang language explained

Balaesang
States:Indonesia
Region:Central Sulawesi
Speakers:3,200
Date:2001
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Celebic
Fam4:Tomini–Tolitoli ?
Fam5:Tomini
Iso3:bls
Glotto:bala1314
Glottorefname:Balaesang

Balaesang is a Celebic language of Sulawesi in Indonesia.

It is spoken in the three villages of Kamonji, Ketong, and Rano on Balaesang Peninsula, Sulawesi.[1] Most people in Balaesang District, however, are ethnic Pendau.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Himmelmann, Nikolaus P. . Sourcebook on Tomini-Tolitoli languages: General information and word lists . Pacific Linguistics . 511 . Canberra . The Australian National University . 10.15144/PL-511.