Native speakers 3,000 (2008) Glottolog nasa1239 | ISO 639-3 nsy | |
Language family AustronesianMalayo-PolynesianNasal | ||
Nasal is an Austronesian language of southwestern Sumatra. Anderbeck & Aprilani (2013) consider Nasal to be an isolate within the Malayo-Polynesian branch.
Location
Nasal is spoken in the Nasal River area of Kaur Regency, Bengkulu Province, Sumatra, in the villages of Tanjung Betuah, Gedung Menung (both in Muara Nasal district), and Tanjung Baru (in Maje district). There are many loanwords from Lampung. Languages spoken near the Nasal area include the Krui dialect of Lampung and the Malay lects Kaur, Bengkulu, Serawai and Semenda (Anderbeck & Aprilani 2013:3).
References
Nasal language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA