Col language explained

Col language should not be confused with Chol language.

Col
Also Known As:Base Lembak
Nativename:Sindang
States:Indonesia
Region:Sumatra
Date:2000 census
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:(disputed)
Iso3:liw
Glotto:coll1240
Glottorefname:Col
Lingua:33-AFA-dt

Col (pronounced: pronounced as /[tʃɔl]/), or Lembak (also known as), is a Malayic language from Sumatra, Indonesia. It is spoken by around 145,000 speakers (2000) with most speakers found in Lubuklinggau Municipality, South Sumatra, and the areas surrounding it, all the way to Musi Rawas in South Sumatra. The speakers of this language belong to the Lembak ethnic group, a small ethnic group closely related to ethnic Malays, especially those of Bengkulu Malays and Palembang Malays. Among South Sumatran Malayic varieties, Col is most closely related to Musi. The language has its own ISO code, .