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Name: Helong

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Helon; Semau; Kupang; Kupong

Spoken in: Indonesia

Number of speakers: 14,000 (Grimes, Therik, Grimes, Jacob 1997). Ethnic population: 15,000 to 20,000 (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 9000 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 14000 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: heg

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Austronesian

Parent Subgroup: Helong (helo)

Child Dialects: Helong Darat; Bolok (heg-hel) Helong Pulau; Semau; Island Helong (heg-pel) Funai; Land Helong (heg-fun)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Severely endangered

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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