Sikule language
Sikule | |
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Wali Banuah | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Aceh, Sumatra |
Native speakers | unknown (undated figure of 20,000)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
skh |
Glottolog |
siku1242 [2] |
The Sikule language (also called Sibigo, Sigulai, Ageumeui, or Wali Banuah) is spoken on Simeulue island off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia.[3]
Sikule is spoken in Alafan district, on the western end of Simeulue island. It is apparently related to the Nias language.[4] Ethnologue lists Lekon and Tapah as dialects.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sikule at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Sikule". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Tsunami 1907: Early Interpretation and its Development
- ↑ http://asiaharvest.org/wp-content/themes/asia/docs/people-groups/Indonesia/Simeulue.pdf