Balaesang

BLS

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Alternate Names: Balaesan, Balaisang, Pajo

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Celebic
Tomini-Tolitoli
Tomini
Southern

Demographics: 3,200 (Himmelmann 2001).

Language Use: Younger generation prefers Indonesian [ind] (Wurm 2007).

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Muslim.