Kubu
bahasa Kubu
Kubu is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, by about 10 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Kubu is a Malayic language spoken in the southern swamps of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia by the Kubu people (Orang Rimba), many of whom are nomadic. There is a degree of dialectal diversity.
In Bukit Duabelas (Jambi), the Rimba language is very glottal, which initially makes it difficult to understand. Some of the variations in Kubu isolects have been presented by Dunggio.
From Wikipedia · Kubu language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Kubu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | oraN* | |
| name | namo* | |
| eye | mato* | |
| ear | kupiN* | |
| nose | hiduN* | |
| tooth | g3rman* | |
| tongue | lidah* | |
| hand | taNan* | |
| blood | darah* | |
| bone | tulaN* | |
| skin | yaNat* | |
| breast | nunu7* | |
| liver | hati* | |
| water | ae7* | |
| fire | api* | |
| star | bintaN* | |
| stone | batu* | |
| mountain | gunuN* | |
| tree | pohon* | |
| leaf | daun* | |
| night | malam* | |
| dog | anyiN* | |
| fish | ikan* | |
| one | siko7* | |
| two | duo* | |
| I | aku* | |
| you | kau* | |
| we | kito* | |
| drink | minum* | |
| see | teNo7* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Jambi MalayAustronesian71% alike
- MusiAustronesian66% alike
- MinangkabauAustronesian65% alike
- MalayAustronesian65% alike
- Central MalayAustronesian60% alike
- South Barisan MalayAustronesian60% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · kubu1239 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kvb