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Gayo language, the Glossary

Gayo (alternatively rendered as Gajo) is an endangered Austronesian language spoken by some 275,000 people in the mountainous region of the Indonesian province Aceh on the Northern tip of the island of Sumatra, specifically around the Central Aceh, Bener Meriah and Gayo Lues regencies.^[1]

36 relations: Aceh, Affricate, Alveolar consonant, Approximant, Austronesian languages, Back vowel, Bener Meriah Regency, Bilabial consonant, Central Aceh Regency, Central vowel, Close vowel, Close-mid vowel, Fricative, Front vowel, Gayo Lues Regency, Gayo people, Glottal consonant, Indonesia, Labial–velar consonant, Malayo-Polynesian languages, Nasal consonant, Near-close vowel, Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands languages, Open vowel, Open-mid vowel, Palatal consonant, PARADISEC, Plosive, Postalveolar consonant, Regency (Indonesia), Sumatra, Trill consonant, Velar consonant, Voice (phonetics), Voicelessness, Western Malayo-Polynesian languages.
Gayonese people
Languages of Aceh
Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands languages

Aceh

Aceh (Acèh, Jawoë: اچيه), officially the Province of Aceh (Provinsi Aceh, Nanggroë Acèh, Jawoë: نڠڬرواي اچيه), is the westernmost province of Indonesia.

See Gayo language and Aceh

Affricate

An affricate is a consonant that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative, generally with the same place of articulation (most often coronal).

See Gayo language and Affricate

Alveolar consonant

Alveolar (UK also) consonants are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge, which is called that because it contains the alveoli (the sockets) of the upper teeth.

See Gayo language and Alveolar consonant

Approximant

Approximants are speech sounds that involve the articulators approaching each other but not narrowly enough nor with enough articulatory precision to create turbulent airflow.

See Gayo language and Approximant

Austronesian languages

The Austronesian languages are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and Taiwan (by Taiwanese indigenous peoples).

See Gayo language and Austronesian languages

Back vowel

A back vowel is any in a class of vowel sound used in spoken languages.

See Gayo language and Back vowel

Bener Meriah Regency

Bener Meriah Regency (Kabupaten Bener Meriah) is a regency in Aceh Special Region, Indonesia.

See Gayo language and Bener Meriah Regency

Bilabial consonant

In phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a labial consonant articulated with both lips.

See Gayo language and Bilabial consonant

Central Aceh Regency

Central Aceh Regency (Kabupaten Aceh Tengah) is a regency in Aceh Special Region (''Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam'') of Indonesia.

See Gayo language and Central Aceh Regency

Central vowel

A central vowel, formerly also known as a mixed vowel, is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.

See Gayo language and Central vowel

Close vowel

A close vowel, also known as a high vowel (in U.S. terminology), is any in a class of vowel sounds used in many spoken languages.

See Gayo language and Close vowel

Close-mid vowel

A close-mid vowel (also mid-close vowel, high-mid vowel, mid-high vowel or half-close vowel) is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.

See Gayo language and Close-mid vowel

Fricative

A fricative is a consonant produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together.

See Gayo language and Fricative

Front vowel

A front vowel is a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages, its defining characteristic being that the highest point of the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would otherwise make it a consonant.

See Gayo language and Front vowel

Gayo Lues Regency

Gayo Lues Regency (Kabupaten Gayo Lues) is a regency in the Aceh Special Region of Indonesia.

See Gayo language and Gayo Lues Regency

Gayo people

The Gayo people are an ethnic group living in the highlands of Aceh Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. Gayo language and Gayo people are Gayonese people.

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Glottal consonant

Glottal consonants are consonants using the glottis as their primary articulation.

See Gayo language and Glottal consonant

Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

See Gayo language and Indonesia

Labial–velar consonant

Labial–velar consonants are doubly articulated at the velum and the lips, such as.

See Gayo language and Labial–velar consonant

Malayo-Polynesian languages

The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers.

See Gayo language and Malayo-Polynesian languages

Nasal consonant

In phonetics, a nasal, also called a nasal occlusive or nasal stop in contrast with an oral stop or nasalized consonant, is an occlusive consonant produced with a lowered velum, allowing air to escape freely through the nose.

See Gayo language and Nasal consonant

Near-close vowel

A near-close vowel or a near-high vowel is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.

See Gayo language and Near-close vowel

Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands languages

The Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands languages (also Barrier Islands–Batak languages or Sumatran languages) are a group of Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken by the Batak and related peoples in the interior of North Sumatra and by the Nias, Mentawai people, and others on the Barrier islands (Simeulue, Nias, and Mentawai Islands Regency) off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.

See Gayo language and Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands languages

Open vowel

An open vowel is a vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned as far as possible from the roof of the mouth.

See Gayo language and Open vowel

Open-mid vowel

An open-mid vowel (also mid-open vowel, low-mid vowel, mid-low vowel or half-open vowel) is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.

See Gayo language and Open-mid vowel

Palatal consonant

Palatals are consonants articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate (the middle part of the roof of the mouth).

See Gayo language and Palatal consonant

PARADISEC

The Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) is a digital archive of records of some of the many small cultures and languages of the world.

See Gayo language and PARADISEC

Plosive

In phonetics, a plosive, also known as an occlusive or simply a stop, is a pulmonic consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow ceases.

See Gayo language and Plosive

Postalveolar consonant

Postalveolar (post-alveolar) consonants are consonants articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.

See Gayo language and Postalveolar consonant

Regency (Indonesia)

A regency (kabupaten), sometimes incorrectly referred to as a district, is an administrative division of Indonesia, directly under a province and on the same level with city (kota).

See Gayo language and Regency (Indonesia)

Sumatra

Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia.

See Gayo language and Sumatra

Trill consonant

In phonetics, a trill is a consonantal sound produced by vibrations between the active articulator and passive articulator.

See Gayo language and Trill consonant

Velar consonant

Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the soft palate, the back part of the roof of the mouth (also known as the "velum").

See Gayo language and Velar consonant

Voice (phonetics)

Voice or voicing is a term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds (usually consonants).

See Gayo language and Voice (phonetics)

Voicelessness

In linguistics, voicelessness is the property of sounds being pronounced without the larynx vibrating.

See Gayo language and Voicelessness

Western Malayo-Polynesian languages

The Western Malayo-Polynesian (WMP) languages, also known as the Hesperonesian languages, are a paraphyletic grouping of Austronesian languages that includes those Malayo-Polynesian languages that do not belong to the Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (CEMP) branch.

See Gayo language and Western Malayo-Polynesian languages

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayo_language

Also known as Gayonese language, ISO 639:gay.

Gayo language, the Glossary

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See also

Gayonese people

Languages of Aceh

Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands languages

References