Gayo ( indon. Bahasa Gayo ) - a language that is part of the Austronesian family , is distributed in the province of Aceh in the north of Sumatra . According to Ethnologue , the number of speakers of this language was 300 thousand people. in 2000 [1] . Basically, this language is spoken in the districts of Gayolues , Benermeriah , Southeast Aceh , in the city of Takengon and etc.
| Gayo | |
|---|---|
| Self name | |
| Countries | Indonesia |
| Regions | Aceh |
| Total number of speakers | 0.3 million |
| Classification | |
| Category | Languages of Eurasia |
Austronesian family
| |
| Writing | latin |
| Language Codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | gay |
| ISO 639-3 | gay |
| WALS | |
| Ethnologue | |
| BPS language code | |
| IETF | |
| Glottolog | |
According to the accepted classification of Austronesian languages, gayo belongs to the West probe zone , to its Early Sumatran branch. It differs from the other languages of Aceh, however, as the culture of the Gaio people themselves differs from the cultures of neighboring ethnic groups. The following dialects are distinguished: derret, serbejadi-lukup, loot, luez [1] .
The first dictionary for this language was compiled in 1907 for the colonial authorities of the Dutch East Indies [2] .
Phonology
- a - like Russian a
- b - like Russian b
- c - like russian h
- d - like Russian d
- e - like a in the English word a go
- é - like Russian e
- ē - like Russian e , but more open
- g - like Russian g
- h - similar to Russian x
- i - as Russian and
- j - like russian j
- k - like Russian k
- l - like Russian l
- m - like Russian m
- n - like Russian n
- ny - as in the word kan he
- ng - nasal n
- o - like a Russian o , but half-open
- ō - like Russian about
- p - like Russian p
- r - like Russian p
- s - like Russian with
- t - like Russian t
- u - like Russian u
- w - like English w (short y )
- y - like Russian th
- b - like Russian b
See also
- Languages Indonesia