Halang language

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Halang
Spoken in:	Kon Tum Province (Vietnam), Attapu Province (Laos)
Total speakers:	17,500
Language family:	Austro-Asiatic Mon-Khmer Eastern Bahnaric North West Jeh-Halang Halang
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	`mkh`
ISO 639-3:	`hal`
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Halang, also known as Salang, is a Bahnaric language of the Mon-Khmer branch of the Austroasiatic language family. It is spoken in the southern Laotian province of Attapu by approximately 4000 people and in the neighboring Kon Tum Province of Vietnam by approximately 13,500 people (Ethnologue, 2000).

In more specific usage, Halang refers to the dialect spoken in Vietnam, whereas Salang refers to the dialect spoken in Laos. Halang or Salang may also serve as an ethnonym for members of the ethnic group that speak the language. However, in Vietnam, the Halang speakers are officially classified as a subgroup of the larger Sedang ethnicity.