Sambali language

Sambal
Sambali
Native to	Philippines
Region	Zambales, Pangasinan, Metro Manila, Palawan
Ethnicity	Sambal people
Native speakers	70,000 (2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Luzon Sambalic Sambal
Official status
Official language in	Regional language in the Philippines
Regulated by	Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	tina1248
Area where Sambal is spoken
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Sambal or Sambali is a Sambalic language spoken primarily in the Zambal municipalities of Santa Cruz, Candelaria, Masinloc, Palauig, and Iba, and in the Pangasinense municipality of Infanta in the Philippines; speakers can also be found in Panitian, Quezon, Palawan and Barangay Mandaragat or Buncag of Puerto Princesa.

Sambal is also termed Tina in some references. However, the term is considered offensive to the language's speakers. The pejorative term was first used in around the period 1976 to 1979 by researchers from the Summer Institute of Linguistics (now SIL International).

The name Tina or Tina Sambal was used by Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) researchers 1976–1979. It is considered pejorative by many Sambals as it means 'bleach', a pun in Sambal Botolan. Sambals would not normally recognize the reference.

Sambali has 19 phonemes: 16 consonants and three vowels. Syllable structure is relatively simple.

Sambali has three vowels. They are:

There are five main diphthongs: /aɪ/, /uɪ/, /aʊ/, /ij/, and /iʊ/.