Acehnese language

Acehnese
Achinese
Bahsa/Basa Acèh بهسا اچيه
Bahsa Acèh written in the Latin script (EBAYD spelling, Husaini spelling), and the Arabic script (Jawoe)
Pronunciation	[bahsa at͡ʃɛh]
Native to	Indonesia Malaysia
Region	Aceh, Sumatra Kedah
Ethnicity	3.37 million Acehnese (2010 census)
Native speakers	2.8 million (2010 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Malayo-Sumbawan (?) Chamic Acehnese
Early forms	Proto-Austronesian Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Chamic Old Acehnese
Standard forms	Standard Acehnese (North Acehnese)
Dialects	North Acehnese Pidie Great Aceh Daya West Acehnese
Writing system	Latin script (Acehnese alphabet) Jawoe script
Official status
Official language in	Indonesia Aceh
Regulated by	Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa (in Indonesia)
Language codes
ISO 639-2	ace
ISO 639-3	ace
Glottolog	achi1257
Areas where Acehnese is a majority   Areas where Acehnese is a significant minority
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Acehnese (EBAYD: Bahsa/Basa Acèh; Husaini: Bahsa/Basa Atjèh; Jawoe: بهسا اچيه), also written as Achinese, is an Austronesian language of the Chamic group spoken by the Acehnese people in Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. This language is also spoken in some parts of Malaysia like in Kedah. Acehnese is a co-official language in the province of Aceh, together with Indonesian.

Acehnese is closely related to the Cham language, which is mainly spoken in Vietnam and Cambodia.

References

Acehnese edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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