| Komering | |
|---|---|
| Cawa Komering | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | South Sumatra
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| Ethnicity | Komering |
Native speakers | 470,000 (2000 census)[1] |
| Lampung script (historical)
Latin Komering Script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kge |
| Glottolog | kome1238 |
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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.
Komering in the Lampung Province, South Sumatra Province in southern Sumatra, along the Komering River.
Komering language belongs to the Lampungic linguistic family, which is one of the groups within the Austronesian family.[2][3]
| 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.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | o | ||
| Open | a |
Examples of basic Komering words:[4]
| Komering (standard) | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kayu | tree |
| habu | ashes |
| tanoh | world |
| jukuk | grass |
| hatolui | egg |
| tolu | three |
| hujau | rain |
| hambur | to steal |
| tohlui | egg |
| pak | four |
| ganta | now |
| ompai | new |
| sisu | chicken |
| manuk | bird |
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