Ambala language

Ambala
Ambala Ayta
Native to	Philippines
Region	Zambales, Olongapo, Dinalupihan
Native speakers	(1,700 cited 1986)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Luzon Sambalic Ambala
Language codes
ISO 639-3	abc
Glottolog	amba1267

Ambala is a Sambalic language spoken in the Philippines. It has more than 2,000 speakers^{[2][full citation needed]} and is spoken within Aeta communities in the Zambal municipalities of Subic, San Marcelino, and Castillejos; in the city of Olongapo; and in Dinalupihan, Bataan.^[1]

Reid (1994)^[3] reports the following Ambala locations, from SIL word lists:

• Maliwacat, Cabalan, Olongapo, Zambales
• Batong Kalyo (Pili), San Marcelino, Zambales

Himes (2012)^[4] also collected Ambala data from the following locations:

• Pastolan, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority
• Gordon Heights, Olongapo City

See also

• Languages of the Philippines

References

1. Ambala at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. Ramos 2004
3. Reid, Lawrence A. (1994). "Possible Non-Austronesian Lexical Elements in Philippine Negrito Languages". Oceanic Linguistics. 33 (1): 37–72. doi:10.2307/3623000. hdl:10125/32986. JSTOR 3623000.
4. Himes, Ronald S. (2012). "The Central Luzon Group of Languages". Oceanic Linguistics. 51 (2): 490–537. doi:10.1353/ol.2012.0013. JSTOR 23321866. S2CID 143589926.