Komering
Basa Kumoring
باس كوموريڠ
Pronunciation[basa kumoɣiŋ]
Native toIndonesia
RegionSouth Sumatra
    EthnicityKomering
    Native speakers
    		470,000 (2000 census)[1]
    Lampung script (historical)
    Latin
    Komering Script
    Language codes
    ISO 639-3kge
    Glottologkome1238
    Three Komering girls in 1929

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

    Location

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

    Classification

    Komering language belongs to the Lampungic linguistic family, which is one of the groups within the Austronesian family.[2][3]

    Phonology

    Consonants

    Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
    Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
    Plosive/
    Affricate    		 voiceless p t tʃ k ʔ
    voiced b d dʒ 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
    • Universal Declaration of Human Right 1

    Kaunyin jolma tilahir ko mardeka rik uwat pi'il rik hak-hak sai gohgoh. Tiyan tiunjuk akal pikiran rik hati nurani mari tiyan dapok nyampur rik sai barih na dilom semangat bukolpah.

    Notes and references

    1. ↑ Komering at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    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

    Komering language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator
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