Rejang language (Sumatra)
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Rejang | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Southwestern Sumatra |
Native speakers
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350,000 (2000 census)[1] |
Rejang script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | rej |
Glottolog | reja1240 [2] |
Rejangese is spoken by the Rejangese people in Bengkulu, Indonesia. There are five major dialects.
Classification
Rejangese is not obviously close to other Malayo-Polynesian languages. McGinn (2009) classified it among the Bidayuh languages of Borneo, closest to Bukar Sadong.[3] It may be that it is related to the newly described language Nasal, but that is speculative at this point.[4]
Notes
External links
Rejang language (Sumatra) test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rejang script. |
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