Lampung language

Lampung
cawa Lampung[1]
Native toIndonesia
RegionLampung
South Sumatra
EthnicityLampung people
Komering people
Native speakers
1.5 million (2000 census)[2]
Early form
Proto-Lampungic
DialectsApi/Pesisir
Nyo/Abung
Komering
Lampung (present)
Latin (present)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
ljp – Lampung Api
abl – Lampung Nyo
kge – Komering
Glottologlamp1241
The Lampungic varieties of southern Sumatra:
  Lampung Api
  Lampung Nyo
  Komering
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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.

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]

  1. ^ Aliana 1986, p. 39.
  2. ^ Lampung Api at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019) Closed access icon
    Lampung Nyo at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019) Closed access icon
    Komering at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019) Closed access icon
  3. ^ Katubi 2007, p. 9.