Uma’ Lung

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
ulu
Alternate Names
Oma Longh
User Population

3,000 (Soriente 2006), decreasing.

Location

North Kalimantan province: Bulungan regency, small area; Malinau regency, Batu Kajang, Pimping, Long Belua, Long Setulang, Long Uli villages on middle Malinau river.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, North Sarawakan, Kayan-Kenyah, Kenyah, Upper Pujungan
Dialects

None known. Marginally intelligible of Uma Lasan [xky].

Language Use

Decreasing due to mixed marriage and urbanization. All domains. Some young people, all adults. Also use Mainstream Kenyah [xkl], particularly Lepo Tau’ dialect.

Language Development

Literature.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Uma’ Lung
Writing

Latin script [Latn].