Balau

BLG

threatened

Alternate Names: Bala’u

Dialects: May be a dialect of Iban ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Malayo-Chamic
Malayic
Ibanic

Demographics: 5,000 (Wurm and Hattori 1981).

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Malaysia

Other Comments: View themselves as a distinct ethnic group.