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Komering language

Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Komering language
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Komering 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.

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Three Komering girls in 1929
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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.[2][3]

Phonology

Consonants

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A voiced fricative /z/ also occurs, but only as a result of foreign loanwords.

Vowels

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Vocabulary

Examples of basic Komering words:[4]

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Alphabet

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Komering Script

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

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Notes and references

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