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Native to Indonesia Region Southern Sumatra Ethnicity Lampung
people Native speakers 1.5 million  (2000 census)[1] Lampung
script, Latin Language codes ISO 639-3 Variously: ljp – Lampung
Api abl – Lampung Nyo kge – Komering  Lampung is the language of
the Indonesian province of Lampung at the southern tip of
Sumatra. It is a dialect cluster with two main dialects, perhaps
distinct enough to be considered distinct languages:
Abung/Pepadun (Lampung Nyo) and Pesisir/Say Batin (Lampung Api).
A third, Komering, is sometimes considered part of Lampung Api,
by others a distinct language. Lampung Api is the prestige
variety.  Before the introduction of the Roman script, Lampung
was written in a script called "Aksara Lampung" or "Had
Lampung", which is a variant of the Ulu scripts used throughout
central and south Sumatra. The script is little known nowadays
but occasionally taught at schools.   Basic co