| Simeulue | |
| Nativename: | Long Bano |
| Ethnicity: | Simeulue people |
| States: | Indonesia |
| Region: | Simeulue, Aceh, Sumatra |
| Speakers: | 30,000 |
| Date: | no date |
| Ref: | e16 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam3: | Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands |
| Fam5: | Northern Barrier Islands |
| Iso3: | smr |
| Glotto: | sime1241 |
| Glottorefname: | Simeulue |
The Simeulue language is spoken by the Simeulue people of Simeulue off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.[1]
Simeulue is also called, which literally means 'Where are you going?'. Ethnologue also lists Long Bano, Simalur, Simeuloë, and Simulul as alternate names.
Simeulue is spoken in five of eight subdistricts (kecamatan) of Simeulue Regency. It includes two dialects.
Sikule, related to Nias, is spoken in Salang, Alafan and Simeulue Barat in northern Simeulue, while Jamu (also called Kamano), related to Minangkabau, is spoken in the capital city of Sinabang and has become the lingua franca of the island.
| Plosive | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
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| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
| High | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
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| Mid-high | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Mid-low | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Low | pronounced as /link/ |
Additionally, the following diphthongs have been observed: /au/, /ai/, /ɔi/.