Bawean language

Bawean
bhâsa Phêbiyên
Native toIndonesia
RegionBawean, Gresik Regency
EthnicityBawean
Native speakers
20.000 (1984)[1]
Dialects
  • Daun
  • Kepuhteluk
  • Suwari
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologbawe1237
  The Bawean dialect of Madurese language spoken predominantly by its population
  Other Gresik Regency subdivisions (including Bawean island)

Bawean dialect, also known as Bawean language,[2] is a dialect of Madurese language spoken predominantly by Bawean people in Bawean island.[a 1][3] This dialect have 4 major sub-dialects each spoken predominantly in village of Daun and Suwari in the villages of Sangkapura, and the village of Kepuhteluk in the district of Tambak. As well as additional sub-dialects of Bawean Creole.[4][5]

  1. ^ Nababan, P.W.J. (1984). Bahasa-Bahasa Indonesia (PDF) (in Indonesian). Padang, Indonesia: Institut Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Padang. p. 558. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  2. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert (2019). Haspelmath, Martin (ed.). "Dialect: Bawean". Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ^ a b Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert (2019). Haspelmath, Martin (ed.). "Madurese language". Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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