Kubu language
Kubu is a Malayic language spoken in the southern swamps of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia by the Kubu people (Orang Rimba), many of whom are nomadic. There is a degree of dialectal diversity.
Kubu | |
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Rimba | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Sumatra |
Ethnicity | Kubu people |
Native speakers | (10,000 cited 1989)[1] |
Dialects | Lalang, Bajat, Ulu Lako, Tungkal, Tungkal Ilir, Dawas, Supat, Jambi, Ridan |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kvb |
Glottolog | kubu1239 [2] |
In Bukit Duabelas (Jambi), the Rimba language is very glottal, which initially makes it difficult to understand.[3] Some of the variations in Kubu isolects have been presented by Dunggio [4]
References
- Kubu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kubu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Sager, Steven (2008). The Sky is our Roof, the Earth our Floor: Orang Rimba Customs and Religion in the Bukit Duabelas Region of Jambi, Sumatra
- Dunggio (1995). Struktur Bahasa Kubu
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