Austronesian · ISO 639-3 abl
Lampung Nyo Language cawa Lampung
Lampung Nyo is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1.5 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Lampung Nyo is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Lampung Nyo
Language family
- Austronesian
- Malayo-Polynesian
- Lampungic
- Lampung Nyo
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Lampung Nyo language
Lampung Nyo (cawa Lampung) is spoken by about 1.5 million people, which makes it the 363rd most spoken language in the world — just behind Gun (1.5 million) and ahead of Northern Dong (1.5 million). It belongs to the Austronesian language family and, more precisely, to the Lampungic group within the Lampungic branch.
Where is Lampung Nyo spoken?
Lampung Nyo is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Indonesia (1.5 million).
Lampung Nyo is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Lampung Nyo is written in the Latin script. Glottolog classifies it as threatened, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Lampung Api.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 abl.
Frequently asked questions about Lampung Nyo
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.