Aceh of Sumatra Island

Aceh (Dutch: Atchin or Acheh, English: Achin, French: Achen or Acheh, Arabic: Asyi, Portuguese: Achen or Achem, Chinese: A-tsi or Ache) now known as the province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam has the root language culture of the Monk Khmer family proto Malay language with the division of other languages ​​such as the southern part using the Aneuk Jame language while the Middle, Southeast, and East portions use the Gayo language for the southeast using the Alas language onwards the eastern more to the east again using language Tamiang so with the ethnic Klut group in the south using the language of Klut while in Simeulue using the language of Simeulue but each language can be divided into dialects. The Aceh language, for example, is to speak with little difference in Aceh Besar, in Pidie, and in Aceh Utara. Similarly, in Gayo there is Gayo Lut, Gayo Deret, and Gayo Lues dialect and other ethnic groups of Singkil in the southeast (Tanoh Alas) using Singkil language. Other historical sources can be obtained such as from the saga of Aceh, the saga of Aceh and the saga of saga, which originated from the narrative history, which is then generally written in Jawi script (Jawoe). However, as the weakness of the narrative history based on pinutur, according to Prof. Ibrahim Alfian that the script Hikayat Sabil War has many versions and one with another there are differences as well as the script Saga Hikayat War version of 1710 located in the library of the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. (Majelis Adat Aceh)