Kangean language

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Kangean
Bĕsa Kangéan
RegionIndonesia
Ethnicity
  • Kangeanese
Native speakers
110,000 (2000 census)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3kkv
Glottologkang1289

Kangeanese or simply Kangean is a language spoken in Indonesia, it is native to Kangean and its surrounding islands, Kangean lies to the north of Bali, the northwest of Lombok and the east of Madura. The Kangean language is partly intelligible with standard Madurese. The Kangeanese language speakers are Kangeanese (the natives of Kangean).

References[]

  1. ^ Kangean at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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