Simeulue is also called Mae o, which literally means 'Where are you going?'. Ethnologue also lists Long Bano, Simalur, Simeuloë, and Simulul as alternate names.
Varieties
Simeulue is spoken in five of eight subdistricts (kecamatan) of Simeulue Regency. It includes two dialects.[3]
Simolol (prestige dialect): spoken around Kampung Aie and Simeulue Tengah
Leukon: spoken in two villages in Alafan, namely Langi and Lafakha.[4]
Haloban: spoken in two villages in Banyak Islands, namely Haloban and Asantola.
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.
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^Candrasari, Ratri. "Language Vitality of Leukon" (PDF). Eurasian Journal of Analytical Chemistry. 13 (6): 234–243.
^ a bFaridan, Abdullah; Ajies, A. Murad Em; Usman, Umar; Nuriah, T. A. (1981). Struktur bahasa Simeulue (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan.
Further reading
Aziz, Zulfadli A.; Amery, Robert (2016). "A Survey on the Status of the Local Languages of Pulau Simeulue and Pulau Banyak and Their Use within the Community". Proceedings of EEIC. 1 (2): 487–490.
Candrasari, Ratri (2017). "Bahasa Devayan di Pulau Simeulue: Kajian Vitalitas Bahasa". Repositori Universitas Sumatera Utara.