The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1980. — 108 p. — (Bibliotheca Indonesica 20). These two poems are genuine Acehnese. They are not translations or adaptations of foreign works of fiction, as many Acehnese literary products are, nor do they deal with fictitious events originating from the writer’s romantic imagination. Both deal with actual life on Aceh itself and are illustrative of...
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1979. — 293 p. — (Bibliotheca Indonesica 19). The Hikajat Potjut Muhamat ("The Song of Prince Muhamat") was compiled by Teungku Lam Rukam, a religious teacher from a village in the province of the XXV Mukims in Aceh, in the early 18th century and recorded in oral tradition until the late 19th century. It describes the internal rivalries in Aceh...
University of Adelaide, 2015. — 466 p. This study investigates differences between two Acehnese dialects, the high status North Acehnese and the stigmatised West Acehnese, and explores the social interpretations of these differences. The linguistic subsystems that differentiate the two dialects are analysed and attitudes of Northern and Western Acehnese speakers towards the...