Nasal ([naˈsal]) is an Austronesian language of southwestern Sumatra.
Anderbeck & Aprilani (2013) consider Nasal to be an isolate within the Malayo-Polynesian branch.
[2] Billings & McDonnell (2022) presents further evidence for Nasal as a Sumatran language.
[3] Nasal is spoken in the Nasal River area of Kaur Regency, Bengkulu Province, Sumatra, in the villages of Tanjung Betuah, Gedung Menung (both in Muara Nasal district), and Tanjung Baru (in Maje district).
[4] Languages spoken near the Nasal area include the Krui dialect of Lampung and the Malayic languages Kaur, Bengkulu, Serawai and Semenda (Anderbeck & Aprilani 2013:3).