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{{short description|Austroasiatic language spoken in Vietnam and Laos}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Halang
| region           = [[Kon Tum Province]] ([[Vietnam]]), [[Attapu Province]] ([[Laos]])
| speakers         = {{sigfig|13500|2}} in Vietnam
| date             = 2000
| ref              = e25
| speakers2        = 4,000 in Laos (1999)<ref name=e25/>
| familycolor      = Austro-Asiatic
| fam2             = [[Bahnaric languages|Bahnaric]]
| fam3             = [[North Bahnaric languages|North]]
| fam4             = 
| iso3             = hal
| glotto           = hala1252
| glottorefname    = Halang
| script           = [[Latin script|Latin]] ([[Vietnamese alphabet|Vietnamese]])
| altname          = Salang
| ethnicity        = [[Halang people]]
| map              = Halang language Map.jpg
}}

'''Halang''', also known as '''Salang''', is a [[Bahnaric languages|Bahnaric language]] of the [[Mon–Khmer languages|Mon–Khmer]] branch of the [[Austroasiatic languages|Austroasiatic language family]]. It is spoken in the southern [[Laos|Laotian]] province of [[Attapu Province|Attapu]] by approximately 4,000 people and in the neighboring [[Kon Tum Province]] of [[Vietnam]] by approximately 13,000 people.<ref name=e25/> In Vietnam, Halang is spoken in Đắk Na Commune, [[Đắk Tô]] District, [[Kon Tum Province]] (Lê et al. 2014:175)<ref>Lê Bá Thảo, Hoàng Ma, et al.; Viện hàn lâm khoa học xã hội Việt Nam - Viện dân tộc học. 2014. ''Các dân tộc ít người ở Việt Nam: các tỉnh phía nam''. Ha Noi: Nhà xuất bản khoa học xã hội. {{ISBN|978-604-90-2436-8}}</ref>

In more specific usage, ''Halang'' refers to the dialect spoken in Vietnam, whereas ''Salang'' refers to the dialect spoken in Laos. Halang or [[Salang (language)|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 [[Xo Dang people|Sedang]] ethnicity.

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{{Languages of Laos}}
{{Languages of Vietnam}}
{{Austro-Asiatic languages}}

[[Category:Bahnaric languages]]
[[Category:Languages of Laos]]
[[Category:Languages of Vietnam]]


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