Loncong language
| Loncong | |
|---|---|
| Orang Laut | |
| Sekak | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Bangka and Belitung islands |
Native speakers | 420 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
lce |
| Glottolog |
lonc1237[2] |
The Orang Laut language or Loncong, is one of the Malayan languages. It is one of several native languages of Orang Laut ("Sea People") of the Bangka and Belitung islands in Indonesia, and may be two distinct languages.
References
- ↑ Loncong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Loncong". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Sources
- Moseley, Christopher and R. E. Asher, ed. Atlas of the Worlds Languages (New York: Routelage, 1994)
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