Bengkulu language
Bengkulu is a Malayic language spoken on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, around the city of Bengkulu. It is more closely related to other Malay variants in Sumatra such as Col, Jambi Malay and Palembang Malay as well Minangkabau spoken in neighbouring West Sumatra than to the Rejang language, which is also spoken in the province.
| Bengkulu Malay | |
|---|---|
| Bahaso Bengkulu | |
| Region | Bengkulu Province, Sumatra |
Native speakers | 66,000 (ethnic population)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
pse-ben Bengkulu, Bencoolen, Bengkulan | |
Phonology
Bengkulu language using Latin alphabet and sometimes using Rejang script.
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stops | p p - b b | t t - d d | tɕ c - dʑ j | k k - ɡ g | ʔ k (coda) |
| Nasals | m m | n n | ɲ ny, n (before c/j) | ŋ ng | |
| Fricatives | f f - v v | s s - z z | ɕ si/sy | h h | |
| Lateral | l l | ||||
| Tap | ɾ r | ||||
| Semi-vowel | j y/i | w w/u |
Letter F, SY, V and Z are used in loanwords of Indonesian.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i i | u u | |
| Middle | ɛ e/é | ə e | ɔ o |
| Open | a~ɑ a |
This language diphthongs are ai, au, oi, ia and ua (where "ia" and "ua" used in loanwords).
gollark: They always said that tape backups were good, sooo...
gollark: Maybe if I back up to switchcraft...
gollark: One day I'm going to use that spare 1TB disk to actually take backups.
gollark: I think I only actually use about 100GB of space in total.
gollark: Hi pjals!
References
- "Bengkulu in Indonesia". Joshua Project. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
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Bengkulu language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator |
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