Simeulue language

Simeulue
Long Bano
Native to Indonesia
Region Aceh, Sumatra
Native speakers
unknown (undated figure of 30,000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 smr
Glottolog sime1241[2]

The Simeulue language is spoken by the Devayan people of Simeulue off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.[1][3]

Names

Simeulue is also called Mae o, which literally means 'Where are you going?'. Ethnologue also lists Long Bano, Simalur, Simeuloë, and Simulul as alternate names.

Varieties

Simeulue is spoken in 5 of 8 subdistricts (kecamatan) of Simeulue Regency. It includes 2 dialects.[4]

Simeulue is also spoken on Babi Island and the Banyak Islands.

Sikule, related to Nias, is spoken in Alafan on the western end of Simeulue, while Jamu (also called Kamano), related to Minangkabau, is spoken in the capital city of Sinabang.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Simeulue at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Simeulue". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Tsunami 1907: Early Interpretation and its Development
  4. http://asiaharvest.org/wp-content/themes/asia/docs/people-groups/Indonesia/Simeulue.pdf
Simeulue language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator


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