BKR ISO 639-3
Bakumpai
A language of Indonesia
- ISO 639
- bkr
- Alternate Names
- Bara-Jida
- 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.
- 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.
- Other Comments
- Muslim.
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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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