Bakumpai language
Austronesian language spoken in Kalimantan, Indonesia
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Bakumpai is an Austronesian language belonging to the West Barito languages. It is spoken by about 100,000 Bakumpai people (a subgroup of Dayak people) living in the central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
| Bakumpai | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Kalimantan |
| Ethnicity | Bakumpai |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2003)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bkr |
| Glottolog | baku1263 |
Neighbouring ethnic groups are Banjar people, Ngaju people, and Ma'anyan people. Thus there is high lexical similarity with the neighbouring languages (75% with Ngaju, 45% with Banjar). In addition, Berangas language who endangered is also very similar to Bakumpai, possibly a dialect.[2]
Vocabulary comparison
The following is a vocabulary comparison between the closely related Bakumpai and Ngaju languages, as well as Indonesian and its translation into English.
| Bakumpai | Ngaju | Indonesian | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|
| jida | dia | tidak | no |
| beken | beken | bukan | not |
| pai | pai | kaki | leg |
| kueh | kueh | mana | where |
| si kueh | bara kueh | dari mana | from where |
| hituh | hetuh | sini | here |
| si hituh | intu hetuh | di sini | right here |
| bara | bara | dari | from |
| kejaw | kejaw | jauh | far |
| tukep, parak | tukep | dekat | near |
| kuman | kuman | makan | eat |
| mihup | mihop | minum | drink |
| lebu | lewu | kampung | village |
| batatapas | bapukan | cuci | wash (clothes) |
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