Lampung language

Lampung
cawa Lampung[1]
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Lampung South Sumatra
Ethnicity	Lampung people Komering people
Native speakers	1.5 million (2000 census)[2]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Lampungic Lampung
Early form	Proto-Lampungic
Dialects	Api/Pesisir Nyo/Abung Komering
Writing system	Lampung (present) Latin (present)
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Indonesia Lampung
Regulated by	Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: ljp – Lampung Api abl – Lampung Nyo kge – Komering
Glottolog	lamp1241
The Lampungic varieties of southern Sumatra:   Lampung Api   Lampung Nyo   Komering
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Lampung or Lampungic (cawa Lampung) is an Austronesian language or dialect cluster with around 1.5 million native speakers, who primarily belong to the Lampung ethnic group of southern Sumatra, Indonesia. It is divided into two or three varieties: Lampung Api (also called Pesisir or A-dialect), Lampung Nyo (also called Abung or O-dialect), and Komering. The latter is sometimes included in Lampung Api, sometimes treated as an entirely separate language. Komering people see themselves as ethnically separate from, but related to, Lampung people.

Although Lampung has a relatively large number of speakers, it is a minority language in the province of Lampung, where most of the speakers live. Concerns over the endangerment of the language has led the provincial government to implement the teaching of Lampung language and script for primary and secondary education in the province.^[3]