Bakumpai
Spoken in	Indonesia
Region	Kalimantan
Total speakers	100,000 [1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian West Barito South Bakumpai
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	–
ISO 639-3	bkr
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Bakumpai is an Austronesian language bellonging to West Barito languages. It is spoken by about 100 000 Bakumpai people (subgroup of Dayak people) living in the central Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Neighbouring ethnical groups are Banjar people, Ngaju people and Ma'anyan people. ^[2] Thus there is high lexical similarity with the neighbouring languages (75% with Ngaju language, 45% with Banjar language).

[edit] Vocabulary comparison between Bakumpai, Ngjau and Indonesian languages

Bakumpai	Ngaju	Indonesian
Jida	Dia	Tidak
Beken	Beken	Bukan
Pai	Pai	Kaki
kueh	Kueh	mana
si-kueh	bara-kueh	darimana
Hituh	Hetuh	Sini
si-Hituh	Intu-Hetuh	disini
Bara	Bara	dari
Kejaw	Kejaw	Jauh
Tukep / Parak	Tukep	dekat
Kuman	Kuman	Makan
Mihup	Mihop	minum
lebu	Lewu	Kampung
Batatapas	Bapukan	Mencuci pakaian

[edit] References

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