ISO 639-3 · aceace
Austronesian family
Acehnese
bahsa Acèh
Acehnese is a language of the Aceh-Chamic branch (Austronesian), spoken in Indonesia. Wikidata counts about 3.5 m speakers (2000). Wikidata describes it as “Aceh-Chamic language spoken predominantly by the Acehnese (or Achinese) ethnic group”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ace- Glottocode
achi1257- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 3.90, 96.60
- Wikipedia
- 78 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
3levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Acehnese · bahsa Acèh |
|---|---|
| Also called | Acehnese language, Aceh language, Achinese, ISO ace, ace |
| All speakers | 3,500,032 (2000) |
| Written in | Latin script, Jawoë |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Acehnese
The branches above Acehnese, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Indonesia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeindIndonesianAustronesian · 199 m1 · NationaljavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroushakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · Developing