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Malayic language spoken in Indonesia
Bengkulu Malay or Bengkulu is a
Malayic language spoken on the
Indonesian island of
Sumatra, around the city of
Bengkulu, in the rest of the Indonesian province of
Bengkulu and in the
Pesisir Barat Regency ("west coast") of
Lampung Province. 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 is written in the
Latin alphabet and sometimes in
Rejang script.
Consonants
The letters ⟨f⟩, ⟨sy⟩, ⟨v⟩ and ⟨z⟩ are used in loanwords from
Indonesian.
Vowels
Bengkulu
diphthongs are ⟨ai⟩, ⟨au⟩, ⟨ia⟩ and ⟨ua⟩ (where "ia" and "ua" are used in loanwords).
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