Preliminary report on Funai Helong

Abstract

I provide initial data and discussion of Funai Helong, a threatened dialect of Helong spoken in and around Kupang in western Timor. Funai Helong is phonologically and morphologically conservative compared with other Helong dialects. I provide an initial sketch of the phonology and select aspects of the morphology of Funai Helong along with a 646 item wordlist.</p