Balau language

Balau
Native to	Malaysia
Region	Sarawak
Native speakers	unknown (5,000 cited 1981)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Malayic Ibanic (Malayic Dayak) Ibanic proper Iban? Balau
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`blg`
Glottolog	(insufficiently attested or not a distinct language) `bala1306`^[2]

Balau (Bala’u) is a Malayic Dayak language, or perhaps dialect of Iban, spoken in Borneo.

References

↑ Balau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Balau". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Malaysia

Main

Official	Malaysian

Recognised	English (Differences)

Significant
minority

Chinese	Sino-Tibetan Cantonese Eastern Min Fuqing Fuzhou Hokkien Mandarin Chinese Malaysian Mandarin Pu-Xian Min Penang Hokkien Southern Peninsular Malaysian Hokkien Yue Chinese

Indian	Dravidian Malayalam Tamil Malaysian Tamil Telugu Indo-European Gujarati Hindi Punjabi Urdu

Families

Creoles

Natives &
Indigenous

Nationwide	Banjar Buginese Javanese Malay (Malayan)

Peninsular Malaysia	Baba Malay Batek Baweanese Cheq Wong Chetty Malay Duano’ Jah Hut Jahai Jakun Kedah Malay Kelantan-Pattani Malay Kenaboi¹ Kensiu Kintaq Kristang Lanoh Mah Meri Minriq Mintil Mos Negeri Sembilan Malay Orang Kanaq Orang Seletar Pahang Malay Perak Malay Rawa Malay Sabüm¹ Semai Semaq Beri Semelai Semnam Southern Thai Temiar Temoq² Temuan Terengganu Malay Wila'¹

East Malaysia	Abai Bahau Bajaw Balau Belait Berawan Biatah Bintulu Bonggi Bookan Bruneian/Kedayan Malay Brunei Bisaya Bukar Sadong Bukitan Coastal Kadazan Cocos Malay Daro-Matu Dumpas Dusun Eastern Kadazan Gana’ Iban Ida'an Iranun Jagoi Jangkang Kajaman Kalabakan Kanowit Kayan Kelabit Kendayan Keningau Murut Kinabatangan Kiput Klias River Kadazan Kota Marudu Talantang Kuijau Lahanan Lelak¹ Lengilu¹ Lotud Lun Bawang Mainstream Kenyah Maranao Melanau Molbog Momogun Murik Kayan Narom Nonukan Tidong Okolod Paluan Papar Punan Batu² Penan Remun Sa'ban Sabah Bisaya Sabah Malay Sama Sarawak Malay Sebop Sebuyau Sekapan Selungai Murut Sembakung Seru¹ Serudung Sian Suluk Sungai Tagol Timugon Tombonuwo Tring Tringgus Tutoh Ukit² Uma’ Lasan

Mixed

Immigrants

Signs

Main	Malaysian Sign Language (Manually Coded Malay)

By states	Penang Sign Language Selangor Sign Language

¹ Extinct languages. ² Nearly extinct languages.

Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages

Malayo-Sumbawan

Sundanese

Baduy
Sundanese

Madurese

Malayo-Chamic

Chamic	Acehnese Cham dialects Chru Haroi Jarai Rade Roglai Tsat (Utsat)

Malayic	Bamayo Banjar Brunei/Kedayan Malay Berau Malay Bangka Malay Balau Bengkulu Col Duano' Haji Iban Jambi Malay Jakun Kedah Malay Kutai Malay Kaur Kerinci Kelantan-Pattani Malay (Yawi) Kendayan Keninjal Kubu Orang Laut Lubu Malay language (Malaysian & Indonesian) Minangkabau Musi Mualang Orang Kanaq Orang Seletar Pahang Malay Pekal Perak Malay Remun Sarawak Malay Seberuang Sebuyau Temuan Terengganu Malay Urak Lawoi'

Bali–Sasak	Balinese Sasak Sumbawa

Northwest Sumatran

Batak	Alas Batak Angkola Batak Dairi Batak Karo Batak Simalungun Batak Toba Mandailing

Lampungic

Lampung Api
Lampung Nyo
Komering

Celebic
(Disputed)

South Sulawesi

Moken

Moken dialects

Javanese

Arekan
Banyumasan
Mataraman
Kawi (Old Javanese)
Kedu
Osing
Tenggerese

Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
(over 700 languages)

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian groups	Halmahera–Cenderawasih Oceanic languages

Central Malayo-Polynesian linkages	Aru Central Maluku Kei-Tanimbar Kowiai Selaru Sumba–Flores Teor–Kur Timoric West Damar

Unclassified

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