Lampung language
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Lampung or Lampungic (cawa Lampung) is an Austronesian language or dialect cluster with around 1.5 million native speakers, who primarily belong to the Lampung ethnic group of southern Sumatra, Indonesia. It is divided into two or three varieties: Lampung Api (also called Pesisir or A-dialect), Lampung Nyo (also called Abung or O-dialect), and Komering. The latter is sometimes included in Lampung Api, sometimes treated as an entirely separate language. Komering people see themselves as ethnically separate from, but related to, Lampung people.
Lampung | |
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cawa Lampung[1] | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Lampung South Sumatra |
Ethnicity | Lampung people Komering people |
Native speakers | 1.5 million (2000 census)[2] |
Early form | Proto-Lampungic
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Dialects | Api/Pesisir Nyo/Abung Komering |
Lampung (present) Latin (present) | |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | Indonesia
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Regulated by | Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:ljp – Lampung Apiabl – Lampung Nyokge – Komering |
Glottolog | lamp1241 |
The Lampungic varieties of southern Sumatra:
Lampung Api
Lampung Nyo
Komering | |
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Although Lampung has a relatively large number of speakers, it is a minority language in the province of Lampung, where most of the speakers live. Concerns over the endangerment of the language has led the provincial government to implement the teaching of Lampung language and script for primary and secondary education in the province.[3]