Komering is a Lampungic language spoken by Komering people, an indigenous ethnic group native to Komering regions alongside the
Komering River
The Komering River is a river in South Sumatra, Indonesia.
It is a tributary of the Musi River.Air Komering
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in
southern hemisphere of
Sumatra
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island
Indonesia
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.
Location
Komering in the
Lampung Province,
South Sumatra Province
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in southern Sumatra, along the
Komering River
The Komering River is a river in South Sumatra, Indonesia.
It is a tributary of the Musi River.Air Komering
– Ge ...
.
Classification
Komering language belongs to the Lampungic linguistic family, which is one of the groups within the
Austronesian family.
Phonology
Consonants
A voiced fricative also occurs, but only as a result of foreign loanwords.
Vowels
Vocabulary
Examples of basic Komering words:
[From Walker, 1975, pp. 14-17.]
Notes and references
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,
* 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
Lampungic languages
Sumatran languages
Languages of Indonesia
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