Bakumpai language explained

Bakumpai
States:Indonesia
Region:Kalimantan
Speakers:100,000
Date:2003
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:West Barito
Fam4:South
Iso3:bkr
Glotto:baku1263
Glottorefname:Bakumpai

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).

Vocabulary comparison between Bakumpai, Ngaju and Indonesian

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Bakumpai English
No
Not
Leg
Where
From where
Here
Right here
From
Far
Near
Eat
Drink
Village
Wash clothes