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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Indonesia (Sumatra) > Loncong

Loncong

A language of Indonesia (Sumatra)

ISO 639-3lce

Population  420 (2000).
Region  East coast on both sides of the mouths of the Kampat and Inderagiri rivers, nearby islands, and coasts of Bangka and Belitung islands.
Language map  Indonesia, Sumatra, reference number 24
Alternate names   Lonchong, Orang Laut, Seka, Sekah
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Sumbawan, North and East, Malayic, Malay
Comments  It may be 2 languages. Several other languages have been called Orang Laut, including Moken [mwt] of Myanmar and Indonesian Bajau [bdl] (see Sulawesi).