Lampung language
| Lampung | |
|---|---|
| Lampungese, Lampungic | |
| Cawa Lampung, Cawo Lappung[1] | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈt͡ʃa.ʋa 'lampuŋ](Lampung Api/Pesisir dialect) [ˈt͡ʃa.ʋo 'lampuŋ] (Lampung Nyo/Abung dialect) |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Lampung, South Sumatra, Bengkulu, Sumatra Banten, Java |
| Ethnicity | Lampung people Komering people Cikoneng Lampung |
Native speakers | (1.5 million cited 2000 census)[2] |
Early form | Proto-Lampungic
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Standard forms |
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| Dialects | Api/Pesisir (including Cikoneng sub-dialect) Nyo/Abung Komering |
| Latin script (Lampung Latin alphabet) (present) Lampung script (present) | |
| Official status | |
| Regulated by | Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:ljp – Api/Pesisirabl – Nyo/Abungkge – Komering |
| Glottolog | lamp1241 |
The Lampungic varieties of southern Sumatra:
Lampung Api
Lampung Nyo
Komering | |
Lampung (/ˈlæmpʌŋ/ LUM-pung; Lampung Api: Cawa Lampung, IPA: [ˈt͡ʃa.ʋa 'lampuŋ], Lampung Nyo: Cawo Lappung [ˈt͡ʃa.ʋo 'lappuŋ]; Indonesian: Bahasa Lampung [ba'ha.sa ˈlampʊŋ]), Lampungese or Lampungic, 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/dialects: Lampung Api/Pesisir (A-dialect), Lampung Nyo/Abung (O-dialect), and Komering, and one sub-dialect: Cikoneng, of the Lampung Api that spoken in Banten, Java. Komering 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.
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]
- ^ Aliana 1986, p. 39.
- ^ Api/Pesisir at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019)
Nyo/Abung at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019)
Komering at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019) - ^ Katubi 2007, p. 9.