Acehnese language

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Acehnese (also Achinese, Achehnese) or Aceh (formerly Atjeh) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia and Bota, Perak, Malaysia.

[edit] Classification and related languages

Acehnese belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family. Acehnese's closest relatives therefore include Chamic languages, Malay language family, Minangkabau language, Gayo language and Batak languages family.

[edit] Writing system

Formerly, Acehnese language was written in Arabic script called Jawoë or Jawi in Malay language. The usage of this script now is almost never done anymore, except some people who understand how to write. Now, Acehnese language is written in Latin script, with some additional letters. The additional letters are é, è, ë, ö and ô ^[1].

[edit] Dialect

There is no complete research about Acehnese language dialect yet. But, at least, there are 10 dialects in Acehnese language. The dialects are Pasè, Peusangan, Matang, Pidië, Buëng, Banda, Daya, Meulabôh, Seunagan and Tunong ^[2].

Between 10 dialects among them, the most different dialects compared to other dialects are Buëng, Banda, and Daya dialects, especially Daya dialects. Perhaps, if a complete research done, they would be different language.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Ethnologue report for language code:ace
• Writing sample
• Text sample in Unicode

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