Sikule language

Sikule
Wali Banuah
Native to Indonesia
Region Aceh, Sumatra
Native speakers
unknown (undated figure of 20,000)[1]
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. 1.0 1.1 Sikule at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Sikule". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Tsunami 1907: Early Interpretation and its Development
  4. http://asiaharvest.org/wp-content/themes/asia/docs/people-groups/Indonesia/Simeulue.pdf

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