Paku

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
pku
Alternate Names
Bakau
User Population

50 (Diedrich 2018), decreasing.

Location

Central Kalimantan province: East Barito regency, Paku district, Bantei Napu, Kalamus, Tampa, and Tarinsing villages.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Barito, East, Central-South, South
Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 77% with Ma’anyan [mhy], 73% with Dusun Witu [duv].

Typology

SVO; prepositions; definite and indefinite article; actor and undergoer voices; passives; 18 consonants and 5 vowels; stress on the penultimate syllable of the root; nasal harmony; exclusive/inclusive pronouns.

Language Use

Older adults only. Negative attitudes. Shifted to Ma’anyan [mhy].

Language Development

Grammar.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Paku