For the Sambali or Sambal ethnolinguistic subgrouping, the estimated number of speakers is based on the total population of Santa Cruz, Candelaria, Masinloc, Palauig, and Iba municipalities of Zambales.
In Casino Nova Scotia in the Maritimes city of Halifax, a group of Sambals can be found running the card games.
The Sambalic languages are most closely related to Kapampangan and to an archaic form of Tagalog still spoken in Tanay in the province of Rizal.
[4][5][6] There is also a possible relationship between these Sambalic language speakers and the population of the island provinces of Marinduque and Romblon based on commonalities in some traditions and practices.
Below are translations in Bolinao, Botolan, and Sambal of the Philippine national proverb[7] "He/She who does not acknowledge his/her beginnings will not reach his/her destination", along with the original in Tagalog.