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Ambemaribese ( Ambemaribese pronunciation: ), also known as Jianqese (: 譾溪話; : jian3qi1hho3) is a Hagyean language and the national language of Ambemaribu. Most people in Ambemaribu speak it as a first language as do some people of descent elsewhere.

Classification
The Ambemaribese language is the westernmost member of the Haegyean language family. Its distinctiveness from nearby Mijuan languages was already noted in 1708 by the Hokanese scholar Chen Li Jing. It is related to the Haegyemal languages of Sarigan, Gunung, Barujaya, Kamuhirian, Kendan, Kealakekua and Waimaunga, and is the only remnant of the Miju-Haegyean languages that were formerly spoken in eastern Matobo, eastern Tsongtiko and on the island of Nduri. There appears to be a influence or substratum in Ambemaribese  (Huang Li Wei, 1853).

Etymology
Ambemaribese is the demonym of Ambemaribu from which it is taken to refer to the people of Ambemaribu in addition to their language. Ambemaribu stands for "place of plenty shallow rivers". In Traditional, the country is called Jian3qi1 (譾溪; "shallow stream") and the language Jian3qi1hho3 (譾溪話; "shallow stream speech").

History
Ambemaribu was first settled by Polynesians from the Great Southern Ocean and from Barujaya. The migrations continued along the first millennium, as confirmed by linguistic researchers who showed the close relationship between the Ambemaribese language and Old Lidah Barujaya and Old Maragat languages of this period. Far later, circa 1000, the original Polynesian settlers in Ambemaribu mixed with the Matobwe and the Tsongtikese, amongst others. There is evidence that the predecessors of the Ambemaribese dialects first arrived in the southern stretch of the east coast of Ambemaribu.

Ambemaribese has a long history of ("oratory arts") and poetic histories and legends. The most well-known is the national epic, Tukannibesilah ("The Blacksmith"), about an Ambemaribese hero named "Andri" that traveled the Great Southern Ocean and received clients of distant nationalities and complex demands. It was transcribed in and reprinted for collections throughout Tiandi.

Geographic distribution
Ambemaribese is the principal language spoken in the island of Ambemaribu. It is also spoken by Ambemaribese communities in neighboring Matobo and Tsongtiko. Large expatriate communities speaking the language also exist in Hokan and Viet Quoc and, to a lesser extent, Bakusai and Hapcheon, Jeongmi.

Legal status
The dialect of Ambemaribese is considered the national language of Ambemaribu. It is one of the two official languages alongside Hokanese in the 1903 constitution. Ambemaribese is the language of instruction in all public schools through grade five for all subjects, and remains the language of instruction through high school for the subjects of history and Ambemaribese language.

Dialects
There are two principal dialects of Ambemaribu; Eastern (including ) and Western (including ), with the running down the spine of the island, the south being eastern, and the central plateau and much of the north (apart from the very tip) being western. They have about 70% (~2000 years) with the Bedrukileu dialect.