Ambala

Also known as Ambala Ayta, Ambala language

Ambala is a Sambalic language spoken in the Philippines. It has more than 2,000 speakers 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.

Country: Philippines

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Reid (1994) reports the following Ambala locations, from SIL word lists:

Maliwacat, Cabalan, Olongapo, Zambales

Batong Kalyo (Pili), San Marcelino, Zambales

Himes (2012) also collected Ambala data from the following locations:

Pastolan, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority

Gordon Heights, Olongapo City

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Also known as Ambala Ayta, Ambala language

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“When the [Rig Vedic] hymns were written the focus of Āryan culture was the region between the Jamnā (Sanskrit Yamunā) and Satlaj (Shutudrī), south of the modern Ambālā, and along the upper course of the river Sarasvatī. The latter river is now an insignificant stream, losing itself in the desert of Rajasthan, but it then [in Rig Vedic times] flowed broad and strong...”
— Basham, A.L., The Wonder That Was India, third edn, Rupa & Co., Calcutta, 1981, pp. 31-32. quoted in Danino, M. (2010). The lost river : on the trail of the Sarasvatī. Penguin Books India.

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