Komering (also spelled Kumering) 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.Adelaar, 2005, p. 22.Walker, 1976, p. 1.
Phonology Consonants LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalNasalPlosive/AffricatevoicelessvoicedFricativeLateralTrillApproximant A voiced fricative also occurs, but only as a result of foreign loanwords.
Vowels FrontCentralBackCloseMidOpen
Vocabulary Examples of basic Komering words:From Walker, 1975, pp. 14-17. Komering (standard) Meaning Kayu Tree Habu Ashes Tanoh World Jukuk Grass Hatolui Egg Tolu Three Hujan Rain Hambur To Steal Tohlui Egg Pak Four Ganta Now Ompai New Sisu Chicken Manuk Bird Bunga Flower Punti Banana Punti Kayu Papaya Halimawong Tiger Iwak Fish Turui Sleep Batangari River
Alphabet
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 Arabic IPA
Notes and references
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, 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.
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