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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Indonesia (Sumatra) > Gayo

Gayo

A language of Indonesia (Sumatra)

ISO 639-3gay

Population  300,000 (2000 census).
Region  North Sumatra mountain region, Aceh Province, Central Aceh, East Aceh, Gayo Lues, Southeast Aceh regencies.
Language map  Indonesia, Sumatra, reference number 14
Alternate names   Gajo
Dialects  Deret, Serbejadi-Lukup, Lut, Lues. Not closely related to other languages.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands
Comments  Muslim, traditional religion.