| Halang | |
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| Salang | |
| Region | Kon Tum Province (Vietnam),Attapu Province (Laos) |
| Ethnicity | Halang people |
Native speakers | (14,000 in Vietnam cited 2000)[1] 4,000 in Laos (1999)[1] |
| Latin (Vietnamese) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hal |
| Glottolog | hala1252 |
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Halang, also known asSalang, is aBahnaric language of theMon–Khmer branch of theAustroasiatic language family. It is spoken in the southernLaotian province ofAttapu by approximately 4,000 people and in the neighboringKon Tum Province ofVietnam by approximately 13,000 people.[1] In Vietnam, Halang is spoken in Đắk Na Commune,Đắk Tô District,Kon Tum Province (Lê et al. 2014:175)[2]
In more specific usage,Halang refers to the dialect spoken in Vietnam, whereasSalang refers to the dialect spoken in Laos. Halang orSalang may also serve as an ethnonym for members of theethnic group that speak the language. However, in Vietnam, the Halang speakers are officially classified as a subgroup of the largerSedang ethnicity.
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