Background Previous research among the Lampungic speech varieties of southern Sumatra has yielded a significant variety of conclusions regarding the number of languages and dialects within the cluster and the relationship among those speech varieties. Finally, the implications of this sociolinguistic survey to mapping out the languages of these descendants of Si Pahit Lidah ‘Bitter Tongue’ are presented.ġ. The author examines the divergent conclusions that can be drawn from one survey method over against another, attempting to draw conclusions from the whole corpus of available information. The conclusions of this sociolinguistic analysis are then compared with the results of other linguistic survey techniques used to study the Lampungic cluster. The sociolinguistic survey methods used during recent research among the Lampungic peoples are described, including a Rapid Appraisal Recorded Text Test (Stalder 1996, O’Leary 1994). This paper seeks to clarify the number of languages and their grouping within the cluster in light of research such as Walker (1975) and Mitani (1980). Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures Volumn 16 (2007), 11–40īitter or Sweet? The Vital Role of Sociolinguistic Survey in Lampungic Dialectology Charlie Hanawalt SIL International The speech varieties of the Lampungic cluster of southern Sumatra are listed as nine separate languages in the 15th edition of the Ethnologue (Gordon 2005).
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