The Orang Laut language or Loncong, is one of the Malayic 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.
| 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 |
Anderbeck (2012) considers there to be an Orang Laut genetic grouping of languages, which includes the Kedah, Riau, and Sekak subgroups. The Malayic language Duano is divergent, and does not form part of this group.
References edit
- ^ Loncong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Further reading edit
- Anderbeck, Karl. 2012. The Malayic-speaking; Orang Laut Dialects and directions for research. Wacana, 14(2): 265-312.
- Blench, Roger. 2016. "The linguistic background to Southeast Asian sea nomadism". In Sea nomads of Southeast Asia: past and present. Bérénice Bellina, Roger M. Blench & Jean-Christophe Galipaud eds. Singapore: NUS Press.
Sources edit
- Moseley, Christopher and R. E. Asher, ed. Atlas of the Worlds Languages (New York: Routelage, 1994)
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