Gayo language
| Gayo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Sumatra |
Native speakers | 80,000 (2000 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | gay |
| ISO 639-3 | gay |
| Glottolog | gayo1244 |
Gayo is the spoken language of some 300,000 people (2000) in the mountain region of North Sumatra around Takengon, Gayo Lues, Bener Meriah, Southeast Aceh, Genteng, and Lokop. It is classified as belonging to the Western Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian languages, but is not closely related to other languages. Ethnologue lists Deret, Lues, Lut, and Serbejadi-Lukup as dialects.
Gayo is distinguished from other languages in Aceh. The art and culture of Gayo people and also significantly different compared with other Acehnese people.
In 1907, G.A.J. Hazeu wrote a first Gayo–Dutch dictionary for the colonial authorities of the Dutch East Indies.[2]
References
- ^ Gayo at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Gajosch-Nederlandsch Woordenboek, by G.A.J. Hazeu, Landsdrukkerij Batavia 1907. It is available online as a Google scan.
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