Bengkulu language

Bengkulu Malay
	Bahaso Bengkulu
Region	Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Native speakers	66,000 (ethnic population)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (disputed) Malayic Central Malay Bengkulu Malay; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist List	pse-ben Bengkulu, Bencoolen, Bengkulan

Bengkulu is a Malayic language spoken on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, around the city of Bengkulu. It is more closely related to other Malay variants in Sumatra such as Col, Jambi Malay and Palembang Malay as well Minangkabau spoken in neighbouring West Sumatra than to the Rejang language, which is also spoken in the province.

Phonology

Bengkulu language using Latin alphabet and sometimes using Rejang script.

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stops	p p - b b	t t - d d	tɕ c - dʑ j	k k - ɡ g	ʔ k (coda)
Nasals	m m	n n	ɲ ny, n (before c/j)	ŋ ng
Fricatives	f f - v v	s s - z z	ɕ si/sy		h h
Lateral		l l
Tap		ɾ r
Semi-vowel			j y/i	w w/u

Letter F, SY, V and Z are used in loanwords of Indonesian.

This language diphthongs are ai, au, oi, ia and ua (where "ia" and "ua" used in loanwords).

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