| Bengkulu Malay | |
|---|---|
| Bahaso Bengkulu | |
| Region | Bengkulu Province, Sumatra |
| Ethnicity | Bengkulu Malays |
| Native speakers | 66,000 |
| Language family | Austronesian
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| Writing system | Latin, Jawi, and Rejang |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bke (merged into pse in 2008)
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| Linguist List | pse-ben Bengkulu, Bencoolen, Bengkulan |
| Glottolog | beng1290 |
| Linguasphere | 33-AFA-du |
 Areas where Bengkulu Malay is a majority
Areas where Bengkulu Malay is a significant minority | |
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Bengkulu Malay or Bengkulu is a Malayic language spoken on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, around the city of Bengkulu, in the rest of the Indonesian province of Bengkulu and in the Pesisir Barat Regency ("west coast") of Lampung Province. 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.
Phonology
Bengkulu is written in the Latin, Jawi, and sometimes in Rejang scirpts.
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p ⟨p⟩ | t ⟨t⟩ | tɕ ⟨c⟩ | k ⟨k⟩ | ʔ ⟨k⟩ (coda) |
| voiced | b ⟨b⟩ | d ⟨d⟩ | dʑ ⟨j⟩ | ɡ ⟨g⟩ | ||
| Nasal | m ⟨m⟩ | n ⟨n⟩ | ɲ ⟨ny⟩, ⟨n⟩ (before c/j) | ŋ ⟨ng⟩ | ||
| Fricative | s ⟨s⟩ | ɕ ⟨si⟩ | (h ⟨h⟩) (coda) | |||
| Lateral | l ⟨l⟩ | |||||
| Tap | ɾ ⟨r⟩ | |||||
| Semivowel | j ⟨y⟩ | w ⟨w⟩ | ||||
The letters ⟨f⟩, ⟨sy⟩, ⟨v⟩ and ⟨z⟩ are used in loanwords from Indonesian.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i ⟨i⟩ | u ⟨u⟩ | |
| Middle | ɛ ⟨e/é⟩ | ə ⟨e⟩ | ɔ ⟨o⟩ |
| Open | a~ɑ ⟨a⟩ | ||
Bengkulu diphthongs are ⟨ai⟩, ⟨au⟩.
References
- "Bengkulu in Indonesia". Joshua Project. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- "Change Request Documentation: 2007-179". SIL International.
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