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
Rimba
Native toIndonesia
RegionSumatra
EthnicityKubu people
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 1989)[1]
DialectsLalang, Bajat, Ulu Lako, Tungkal, Tungkal Ilir, Dawas, Supat, Jambi, Ridan
Language codes
ISO 639-3kvb
Glottologkubu1239[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

  1. Kubu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kubu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. 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
  4. Dunggio (1995). Struktur Bahasa Kubu


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