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Helong language
| Helong | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | West Timor |
Native speakers | (14,000 cited 1997)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | heg |
| Glottolog | helo1243 |
| ELP | Helong |
Helong (alternate names Helon, Kupang and Semau[1]) is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of West Timor. Speakers are interspersed with those of Amarasi. This language has become endangered as a result of its native speakers marrying those who do not speak Helong, and as a result of coming in contact with the outside community.[1] Helong speakers are found in four villages on the South-Western coast of West Timor, as well as on Semau Island, a small island just off the coast of West Timor.[2] The mostly Christian, slightly patriarchal society of Semau do their best to send their children away to Bali (or elsewhere) to earn money to send home.
- ^ a b c Helong at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Steinhauer, Hein. "Synchronic Metathesis and Apocope in Three Austronesian Languages of the Timor Area" (PDF). In Premsrirat, Suwilai (ed.). The Fourth International Symposium on Language and Linguistics. pp. 471–493. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
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