Sikule language

Sikule
Sikule
Wali Banuah
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Aceh, Sumatra
Native speakers	(undated figure of 20,000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands Northern Barrier Islands Nias–Sikule Sikule; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	skh
Glottolog	siku1242

The Sikule language (also called Sibigo, Sigulai, Ageumeui, or Wali Banuah) is an Austronesian language spoken on Simeulue island off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia.^[2] It belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian languages. Sikule is one of Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands languages, which are a sub-group of Western Malayo-Polynesian.^[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]

Simeulue is spoken in the rest of Simeulue outside of Alafan, while Jamu (also called Kamano), related to Minangkabau, is spoken in the capital city of Sinabang.

Phonology[]

The vowel and consonant phonemes of Sikule are shown in the tables below.^[5]

**Sikule vowel phonemes**
	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Mid	e	ə	o
Open		a

Sikule consonant phonemes
		Labial	Alveolar	Post-alveolar/ Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	t͡ʃ	k	(ʔ)
Plosive/ Affricate	voiced	b	d	d͡ʒ	ɡ
Fricative			s		x	h
Approximant	central			j
Approximant	lateral		l
Trill			r

References[]

^ ^a ^b Sikule at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
^ Chapter 3 – Tsunami 1907: Early Interpretation and its Development (PDF), pp. 12–32, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26
^ Adelaar, 2005, p. 22.
^ "Simeulue" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2013-11-24 – via asiaharvest.org.
^ Nothofer, 1986, p. 96

Sources[]

Adelaar, Alexander, The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar: A Historical Perspective, The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar, pp. 1-42, Routledge Language Family Series, London, Routledge, 2005, ISBN 0-7007-1286-0
Nothofer, Bernd, The Barrier Island Languages in the Austronesian Language Family, Focal II: Papers From the Fourth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, pp. 87-109, Pacific Linguistics, Series C 94, Canberra, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, 1986.
Aziz, Z.; Amery, R. (2016). "A survey of the status of the local languages of Pulau Simeulue and Pulau Banyak and their use within the community". http://eeic.unsyiah.ac.id/proceedings/index.php/eeic/article/view/95. Syiah Kuala University. {{cite journal}}: External link in |journal= (help)

[e16-1] Sikule at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)

[2] Chapter 3 – Tsunami 1907: Early Interpretation and its Development (PDF), pp. 12–32, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26

[3] Adelaar, 2005, p. 22.

[4] "Simeulue" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2013-11-24 – via asiaharvest.org.

[5] Nothofer, 1986, p. 96

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