Bakumpai

BKR

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Alternate Names: Bakambai, Bara-Jida

Dialects: Bakumpai, Mengkatip (Mangkatip, Oloh Mengkatip). Lexical similarity: 75% with Ngaju ,, 45% with Banjar ,.

Status Notes: Used as a LWC in the market in central Kalimantan Province.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Greater Barito
West
South

Demographics: 100,000 (2003).

Language Use: Used as L2 by Dusun Deyah [dun], Dusun Witu [duw], Lawangan [lbx], Ma’anyan [mhy].

Language Development: Dictionary.

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Muslim.