Komering language

Komering language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Komering Spoken natively in Indonesia Region Sumatra Ethnicity Komering people Native speakers 470,000 (2000 census)[1] Language family Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Lampung Komering Official status Official language in Indonesia Language codes ISO 639-3 kge This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. Three Komering girls in 1929 Komering is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Indonesia, in the southern part of Sumatra. Contents 1 Location 2 Classification 3 Vocabulary 4 Notes and references 5 Sources 6 See also 6.1 External links Location Komering in the Lampung Province in southern Sumatra, along the Komering River. Classification Komering belongs to the group of Lampung languages, one of the groups within the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian family.[2] Walker regards Komering as a mere dialect, presenting Lampung as a single language instead of a group of languages;[3] others treat it as a dialect specifically of Lampung Api. Vocabulary Examples of basic Komering words[4]: English Komering Indonesian/Malay tree kayu kayu ("wood") ashes habu abu earth tanoh tanah grass jukuk rumput egg hatolui telur three tolu tiga five lima lima rain hujau hujan to steal hambur hambur ("to waste") Notes and references ^ Komering at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009) ^ Adelaar, 2005, p. 22. ^ Walker, 1976, p. 1. ^ From Walker, 1975, pp. 14-17. Sources (English) 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, Nuvola kdict glass.svg This 0-7007-1286-0 lacks ISBNs for the books listed in it. ISBNs are optional, per WP:CITE, and this template should therefore not be added to an article over objections. If the {{Cite book}} or {{citation}} templates are in use, you may add ISBNs automatically, or discuss this issue on the talk page. If you are adding ISBNs to books that have been used as sources, you must make sure that the ISBNs and the page numbers of the citations are not inconsistent. If in doubt, raise the issue on talk first. (March 2012) (English) Walker, Dale F., A Lexical Study of Lampung Dialects, Miscellaneous Studies in Indonesian and Languages in Indonesia, Part I (éditeur: John W. M. Verhaar), NUSA Linguistic Studies in Indonesian and Languages of Indonesia, Volume 1, pp. 11–21, Jakarta, Badan Penyelenggara Seri NUSA, 1975. (English) 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. See also External links Komering language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009) Portal icon language portal Portal icon Indonesia portal Stub icon This Indonesia-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Stub icon This Austronesian languages-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Categories: Sumatran languages Indonesia stubs Austronesian language stubs Create account Log in Article Talk Read Edit View history Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Donate to Wikipedia Interaction Help About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact Wikipedia Toolbox Print/export Languages Français Hrvatski Bahasa Indonesia Русский This page was last modified on 17 September 2012 at 14:11. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of use for details. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. Contact us