| Bakumpai | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Kalimantan |
| Ethnicity | Bakumpai |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2003)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bkr |
| Glottolog | baku1263 |
 Map showing distribution of Bakumpai language (blue) | |
Bakumpai is anAustronesian language belonging to theWest Barito languages. It is spoken by about 100,000Bakumpai people (a subgroup ofDayak people) living in the centralKalimantan,Indonesia.
Neighbouring ethnic groups areBanjar people, Ngaju people, andMa'anyan people. Thus there is high lexical similarity with the neighbouring languages (75% withNgaju, 45% withBanjar). In addition,Berangas language whoendangered is also very similar to Bakumpai, possibly a dialect.[2]
The following is a vocabulary comparison between the closely related Bakumpai andNgaju languages, as well asIndonesian and its translation intoEnglish.
| Bakumpai | Ngaju | Indonesian | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|
| jida | dia | tidak | no |
| beken | beken | bukan | not |
| pai | pai | kaki | leg |
| kueh | kueh | mana | where |
| si kueh | bara kueh | dari mana | from where |
| hituh | hetuh | sini | here |
| si hituh | intu hetuh | di sini | right here |
| bara | bara | dari | from |
| kejaw | kejaw | jauh | far |
| tukep, parak | tukep | dekat | near |
| kuman | kuman | makan | eat |
| mihup | mihop | minum | drink |
| lebu | lewu | kampung | village |
| batatapas | bapukan | cuci | wash (clothes) |
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