Komering language

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Komering
Basa Kumoring
باس كوموريڠ
Pronunciation[baˈsa ku.mo.ɣiŋ]Category:Pages with Komering IPA
Native toIndonesia
RegionSouth Sumatra
EthnicityKomering
Native speakers
(470,000 cited 2000 census)Category:Language articles with old Ethnologue 18 speaker data[1]
Lampung (historical, mainly for Komering Hulu dialect)
Latin (present and majority)
Komering (present and minority, mainly for Komering Ilir dialect)
Jawi (present and minority)
Language codes
ISO 639-3kge
Glottologkome1238
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Three Komering girls in 1929

Komering is a Lampungic language spoken by the Komering people, an indigenous ethnic group native to Komering regions alongside the Komering River in South Sumatra, Indonesia.

Location

Komering is spoken in Lampung Province and South Sumatra Province in southern Sumatra, along the Komering River.

Classification

The Komering language belongs to the Lampungic branch, which is a subgroup within the Austronesian family.[2][3]

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive/
Affricate
voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɡ
Fricative s h
Lateral l
Trill r
Approximant w j

A voiced fricative /z/ also occurs, but only as a result of foreign loanwords.

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid o
Open a

Vocabulary

Examples of basic Komering words:[4]

Komering (standard)Meaning
KayuTree
HabuAshes
TanohWorld
JukukGrass
HatoluiEgg
ToluThree
HujanRain
HamburTo Steal
TohluiEgg
PakFour
GantaNow
OmpaiNew
SisuChicken
ManukBird
BungaFlower
PuntiBanana
Punti KayuPapaya
HalimawongTiger
IwakFish
TuruiSleep
BatangariRiver

Alphabet

Komering Script

Currently, Komering uses Latin as the general writing system, but there are also a small number of people who still use Jawi Arabic letters. The Komering script was used in ancient times, now there are efforts to preserve this script again.

Sample text

Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1

Latin Kaunyin jolma tilahirko mardeka rik uwat pi'il rik hak-hak sai goh-goh. Tiyan tiunjuk akal pikiran rik hati nurani mari tiyan dapok nyampur rik sai barihna dilom semangat bukolpah.Category:Articles containing Komering-language text
Arabic
كأوݧين جولما تيلاحير كو مرديكا ريک اوت ڤيئيل ريک حق-حق سي گوه گوه. تيان تيئونجوک اكل ڤيكيرن ريک هاتي نوراني ماري تيان داڤوک ݧامڤور ريک سي باريه ن ديلوم سماڠت بوكولڤه.Category:Articles containing Komering-language text
IPA /kaʔuɲin d͡ʒolma tilaˈhiɣko maɣdeka ɣiʔ uwat piʔil ɣiʔ haʔ-haʔ saɪ ɡoh-ɡoh. tijan tiʔund͡ʒuʔ akal pikiˈɣan ɣiʔ hati nuɣani maɣi tijan dapoʔ ɲampuɣ ɣiʔ saɪ baɣihna diˈlom səˈmaŋat buˈkolpah./Category:Pages with plain IPA

Notes and references

  1. Komering at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)Category:Pages containing links to subscription-only contentCategory:Language articles citing Ethnologue 18
  2. Adelaar, 2005, p. 22.
  3. Walker, 1976, p. 1.
  4. From Walker, 1975, pp. 14-17.

Sources

  • Adelaar, Alexander, The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar: A Historical Perspective, The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar, pp. 1–42, Routledge Language Family Series, Londres, Routledge, 2005, ISBN 0-7007-1286-0
  • Walker, Dale F., A Lexical Study of Lampung Dialects, Miscellaneous Studies in Indonesian and Languages in Indonesia, Part I (editor: John W. M. Verhaar), NUSA Linguistic Studies in Indonesian and Languages of Indonesia, Volume 1, pp. 11–21, Jakarta, Badan Penyelenggara Seri NUSA, 1975.
  • Walker, Dale F., A Grammar of the Lampung Language: the Pesisir Dialect of Way Lima, NUSA Linguistic Studies in Indonesian and Languages of Indonesia, Volume 2, Jakarta, Badan Penyelenggara Seri NUSA, 1976.
  • Sofjan Abdurrahman, and Colin Yallop. A Brief Outline of Komering Phonology and Morphology, Miscellaneous studies in Indonesian and languages in Indonesia, Part VI (editor: Amran Halim), NUSA Linguistic Studies in Indonesian and Languages of Indonesia, Volume 7, pp. 11–18, Jakarta, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya, 1979.

See also

Category:Lampungic languages Category:Sumatran languages Category:Languages of Indonesia


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