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Bakumpai

Bakumpai is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia.

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Bakumpai · 2.0°S 114.8°E

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.

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.

From Wikipedia · Bakumpai language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Bakumpai

MeaningWordRomanization
womanbawi
personuluh*
namearan*
eyemate*
earpindiN*
nosehiduN*
toothkasiNe*
tongueTelah*
handlaNe*
blooddaha*
bonetulaN*
skinpupus*
kneetut*
breastusuk*
liveratei*
waterdanum
fireapui*
sunmatanandau*
starbintaN*
rainujan
treebataN*
leafdawen*
nighthamelem*
dogasu*
fishlauk
louseguti*
oneiTe*
twodue*
Iyaku*
youikau*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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