Bakumpai
Bakumpai is an Austronesian language spoken in 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.
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
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | bawi | |
| person | uluh* | |
| name | aran* | |
| eye | mate* | |
| ear | pindiN* | |
| nose | hiduN* | |
| tooth | kasiNe* | |
| tongue | Telah* | |
| hand | laNe* | |
| blood | daha* | |
| bone | tulaN* | |
| skin | pupus* | |
| knee | tut* | |
| breast | usuk* | |
| liver | atei* | |
| water | danum | |
| fire | apui* | |
| sun | matanandau* | |
| star | bintaN* | |
| rain | ujan | |
| tree | bataN* | |
| leaf | dawen* | |
| night | hamelem* | |
| dog | asu* | |
| fish | lauk | |
| louse | guti* | |
| one | iTe* | |
| two | due* | |
| I | yaku* | |
| you | ikau* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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