| Acehnese Bahsa/Basa/Batö Acèh/Achèh |
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| Spoken in: | Indonesia, Malaysia | |
| Region: | Aceh, Sumatra | |
| Total speakers: | 3 million | |
| Language family: | Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Sunda-Sulawesi Malayic Aceh-Chamic Acehnese |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | None | |
| ISO 639-2: | ace | |
| ISO 639-3: | ace | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Acehnese (also Achinese, Achehnese) or Aceh (formerly Atjeh) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia and Bota, Perak, Malaysia.
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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.
The following are phonemes of Acehnese.
| Front | Central | Back | |
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| High | i | eu | u |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Low | ɛ | a | ɔ |
Formerly, Acehnese language was written in Arabic script called Jawoë or Jawi in Malay language. The script is barely used nowadays. Now, Acehnese language is written in Latin script, with some additional letters. The additional letters are é, è, ë, ö and ô [1].
So far there has been no complete research about dialects of the Acehnese language. However, there are at least 10 dialects in the Acehnese language. The dialects are Pasè, Peusangan, Matang, Pidië, Buëng, Banda, Daya, Meulabôh, Seunagan and Tunong [2].
Among the 10 dialects, the most different dialects compared to other dialects are Buëng, Banda, and Daya dialects, especially Daya dialects. Perhaps, if a complete research was performed, they would be classed as a different language.
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