Helon

E809235

Helon is another name for the Helong language, an Austronesian language spoken primarily in parts of West Timor, Indonesia.

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Helon canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
language
belongsToBranch Timoric languages NERFINISHED
countryOfficialLanguage Indonesian (as surrounding national language)
endangeredStatus vulnerable
glottologName Helong NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Helong language NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode helo1242
hasISO6393Code heg
hasLinguisticArea Lesser Sunda Islands NERFINISHED
hasNameVariant Helong NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (reported in some descriptions)
hasTypology SVO word order
isSpokenBy Helong people NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austronesian languages
neighboringLanguage Tetun NERFINISHED
Uab Meto
primaryCountry Indonesia NERFINISHED
region East Nusa Tenggara NERFINISHED
shiftPressureFrom Indonesian
spokenIn Indonesia
West Timor NERFINISHED
spokenOnIsland Timor NERFINISHED
subfamily Central Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
usedFor daily communication in some Helong communities
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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