| Bala | |
|---|---|
| bani | |
| Native to | northeastern China |
| Region | Heilongjiang Province and Jilin Province |
| Ethnicity | Bala |
| Extinct | 1982 |
| sometimes transcribed with Chinese characters | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | bala1242 |
The Bala language (Chinese: 巴拉語; pinyin: Bālāyǔ) is a possibly extinct Tungusic language that was spoken in and around the Zhangguangcai Range of Heilongjiang Province, Northeastern China. No standard orthography exists for the language, although manuscripts have occasionally recorded Bala words using Chinese characters.[1]