Sambalic languages

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Sambalic languages
Geographic distribution:	Zambales, Bolinao, Anda, Olongapo
Genetic classification:	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Borneo-Philippines Central Luzon Sambalic languages
Subdivisions:	Abellen Ambala Bolinao Botolan Mag-antsi Mag-indi Mariveleño Tina

The Sambalic languages are part of the Central Luzon language family. The largest Sambalic languages are Tina, Bolinao, and Botolan, with approximately 70,000 (SIL 2000), 50,000 (Ethnologue 1990), and 32,867 (SIL 2000) speakers, respectively. The rest are smaller languages spoken almost exclusively within various Aeta communities. There are a total of around 168,067 speakers of Sambalic languages, spoken primarily in Zambales, Pangasinan, Olongapo, and Tarlac, but also in Bataan, Metro Manila, and Quezon, Palawan.

The Sambalic languages are most closely related to Kapampangan and to an archaic form of Tagalog still spoken in Tanay in the province of Rizal. This has been interpreted to mean that the Sambal originated from that area, later being displaced by migrating Tagalogs from Marinduque around 600 BC, pushing the original inhabitants northward to what is now the province of Zambales,^[1] in turn, displacing the Aetas.

1 Table of speakers
2 Sample text: Philippine national proverb
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Table of speakers

Sambal (Spanish: zambal) is the collective name for the three Sambalic languages spoken by the Sambal: Tina, Bolinao, and Botolan.

Language	Speakers
Abellen	3,500 (Stone 2005)
Ambala	2,000 (Ramos 2004)
Bolinao	50,000 (Ethnologue 1990)
Botolan	32,867 (SIL 2000)
Mag-antsi	4,200 (Stock 2005)
Mag-indi	5,000 (SIL 1998)
Mariveleño	500 (Wurm 2000)
Tina	70,000 (SIL 2000)
Total	168,067

[edit] Sample text: Philippine national proverb

Below are translations in Tina, Bolinao, and Botolan of the Philippine national proverb^[2] “He who does not acknowledge his beginnings will not reach his destination,” followed by the original in Filipino.

Tina: “Hay kay tanda mamanomtom ha pinangibatan, kay immabot sa kakaon.”
Bolinao: “Si [tawon] kai magtanda’ lumingap sa ibwatan [na], kai ya mirate’ sa keen [na].”
Botolan: “Hay ahe nin nanlek ha pinag-ibatan, ay ahe makarateng ha lalakwen.”
Filipino: “Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makararating sa paroroonan.”