Native speakers 470,000 (2000 census) Glottolog kome1238 | Ethnicity Komering people ISO 639-3 kge Region Sumatra | |
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Language family Austronesian languages | ||
Komering is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Indonesia, in the southern part of Sumatra.
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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. Walker regards Komering as a mere dialect, presenting Lampung as a single language instead of a group of languages; others treat it as a dialect specifically of Lampung Api.
Vocabulary
Examples of basic Komering words:
References
Komering language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA