| Gayo | |
|---|---|
| Basa Gayo | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Sumatra |
| Ethnicity | 335,000Gayo (2010 census)[1] |
Native speakers | 275,000 (2010 census)[1] |
| Latin script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | gay |
| ISO 639-3 | gay |
| Glottolog | gayo1244 |
Gayo (alternatively rendered asGajo) is an endangeredAustronesian language spoken by some 275,000 people in the mountainous region of the Indonesian provinceAceh on the northern tip of the island ofSumatra, specifically around theregencies ofCentral Aceh,Bener Meriah, andGayo Lues. Apart from that, speakers are also found inEast Aceh,North Aceh,Nagan Raya,Southeast Aceh, andAceh Tamiang. It is classified as belonging to theWestern Malayo-Polynesian branch of theAustronesian languages, but is not closely related to other languages. Ethnologue listsBukit,Dëret,Lues,Lut, andSerbejadi-Lukup as dialects.
Gayo is distinct from other languages in Aceh. The art and culture of theGayo people is also significantly different compared with other ethnic groups in Aceh.
In 1907, G.A.J. Hazeu wrote a first Gayo–Dutch dictionary for the colonial authorities of the Dutch East Indies.[2]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | Labial-velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | /m/⟨m⟩ | n⟨n⟩ | ɲ⟨ny⟩ | ŋ⟨ng⟩ | ||||
| Plosive | voiceless | /p/⟨p⟩ | /t/⟨t⟩ | /k/⟨k⟩ | /ʔ/⟨'⟩ | |||
| voiced | /b/⟨b⟩ | /d/⟨d⟩ | /ɡ/⟨g⟩ | |||||
| Fricative | /s/⟨s⟩ | /h/⟨h⟩ | ||||||
| Affricate | voiceless | /t͡ʃ/⟨c⟩ | ||||||
| voiced | /d͡ʒ/⟨j⟩ | |||||||
| Trill | /r/⟨r⟩ | |||||||
| Approximant | /l/⟨l⟩ | /j/⟨y⟩ | /w/⟨w⟩ | |||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | /i/⟨i⟩ | /u/⟨u⟩ | |
| Near-Close | (ɪ) | (ʊ) | |
| Close-Mid | /e/⟨é⟩ | /ə/⟨e⟩ | /o/⟨ô⟩ |
| Open-Mid | /ɛ/⟨è⟩ | /ɔ/⟨o⟩ | |
| Open | /a/⟨a⟩/⟨ë⟩ |
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