Helong is a member of the West Timor group of Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages. It is spoken mainly in West Timor in the Kupang Regency of East Nusa Tenggara province in southern Indonesia. In particular, it is spoken in and around Kupang City and in the villages of Besmarak, Oeletsala and Kolhua on the southwest tip of West Timor, and also on the nearby island of Semau. There are about 14,000 Helong people, although not all of them speak the language as there is a shift to Indonesian and Malay, especially among younger Helong people.
Helong is also known as Helon, Kupang or Semau. Dialects incldude Helong Darat (Funai), which is spoken in and around Kupang City; Helong Pulau (Semau), which is spoken on Semau Island, and Helong Bolok, which is spoken in and around the port of Bolok. It is written with the Latin script, and there is a Helong version of the New Testament.
Download an Helong alphabet chart (Excel)
Ngasar-ngasar bakun na, mama ela deken natun tilu natun kasian au le e,,leol dene lua le tam leol sake la lem au babang nga timbang bali de bali ba li de babang timbang nga bali de, babang timbang timbang bali bali de sung kiuk neon le nini tail kaba le ku but kaim tia, laeng bis lange le ku laeng kaim tia.
Ida I Do And Oke - a traditional song
Source: https://ejurnal.undana.ac.id/AJES/article/view/1268
(The Lord's Prayer - Luke 11: 2-4)
Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/3396/LUK.11.KAJ
Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.11.KJV
Information about Helong | Numbers | Tower of Babel
Information about Helong
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helong_language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helong_people
http://www.language-archives.org/language/heg
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323314808_Helong_Language_in_West_Kupang_District_
Kupang_Regency_East_Nusa_Tenggara_is_Shifting_Towards_Death
https://helong.wordpress.com/about/
https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/1747
https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/302c7044-fa89-4bcf-86a2-16c612c2dbf7
Amarasi, Dawan, Galoli, Helong, Tetum, Tii, Western Rote
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 04.07.24. Last modified: 04.07.24
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