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Lampung Api

A language of Indonesia (Sumatra)

ISO 639-3: ljp
This ISO 639-3 code has undergone change through the merging of one or more retired code elements. For more information, see the code change history documentation.

Population	827,000 (2000 census).
Region	West, central, and south Lampung Province; south Benkulu Province around Krui, Sanggi, Kotajawa, South Sumatra, south of Muaradua, near headwaters of Kanan River.
Language map	Indonesia, Sumatra, reference number 22
Alternate names	Api, Lampung, Lampung Pesisir, Lampong
Dialects	Krui (Kroe, Kru’i, Njo, Western Lampung), Southern Pesisir, Pubian, Ranau, Sungkai, Daya.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Lampung
Language use	Vigorous. Outside of the city, Lampung Api is used daily in home and village. All ages. Positive attitude. Also use Indonesian [ind].
Language development	Grammar. NT: 2002.
Writing system	Latin script. Kaganga script.
Comments	Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ANDERBECK, Karl Ronald, author. 2006. "An initial reconstruction of proto-Lampungic: phonology and basic vocabulary."  

HANAWALT, Charlie, author. 2006. "Bitter or sweet? The vital role of sociolinguistic survey in Lampungic dialectology."  

KATUBI, Obing, author. 2006. "Lampungic languages: looking for new evidence of the possibility of language shift in Lampung and the question of its reversal."