Bakumpai

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
bkr
Alternate Names
Bara-Jida
User Population

100,000 (2003).

Location

Central Kalimantan province: Barito Selatan, and Barito Utara, and Kapuas regencies, Kapuas and Barito rivers; possibly southernmost Murung Raya regency.

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Language Status

3 (Wider communication). Used as a LWC in the market in central Kalimantan Province.

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Barito, West, South
Dialects

Bakumpai, Mengkatip (Mangkatip, Oloh Mengkatip). Lexical similarity: 75% with Ngaju [nij], 45% with Banjar [bjn].

Language Use

Used as L2 by Dusun Deyah [dun], Dusun Witu [duw], Lawangan [lbx], Ma’anyan [mhy].

Language Development

Dictionary.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bakumpai
Other Comments

Muslim.