| Paku | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Kalimantan |
Native speakers | 15–50 (2018/2020)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pku |
| Glottolog | paku1239 |
Paku (Bakau) is anAustronesian language spoken in four villages in theEast Barito Regency ofCentral Kalimantan province,Indonesia. It is closely related to theMalagasy language spoken onMadagascar. Most of the remaining speakers are also fluent in other languages. The use of the language is decreasing and speakers are increasingly shifting toMa'anyan, a lingua franca of East Barito.[2] In 2018, it was estimated there was about 50 speakers of the language in the villages of Tampa, Tarinsing, Bantei Napu, and Kalamus in the regency of East Barito.[1]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
| voiced | b | d | g | ||||
| Affricate | d͡ʒ | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Trill | r | ||||||
| Fricative | s | ||||||
| Approximant | w | l | j | ||||
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