Komering language

Komering is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Indonesia, in the southern part of Sumatra.

Komering
Cawa Komering
Basa Komering
Native toIndonesia
Region South Sumatra
Sumatra
EthnicityKomering
Native speakers
470,000 (2000 census)[1]
Lampung script (past)
Latin (present)
Komering Script
Jawi
Language codes
ISO 639-3kge
Glottologkome1238
Three Komering girls in 1929

Location

Komering in the Lampung Province, South Sumatra 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.

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]

EnglishKomeringIndonesian/Malay
treekayukayu ("wood")
asheshabuabu
worldtanohtanah
grassjukukrumput
egghatoluitelur
threetolutiga
fivelimalima
rainhujauhujan
to stealhamburhambur ("to waste")
eggtohluitelur
fourpakempat
nowgantasekarang
newompaibaru
chickensisuayam
birdmanukburung

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
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