Bakumpai

A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Bakambai, Bara-Jida

Population

100,000 (2003).

Location

Central Kalimantan Province. Kapuas and Barito rivers, northeast of Kuala Kapuas.

Language Maps

Language Status

3 (Wider communication).

Classification

Dialects

Bakumpai, Mengkatip (Mangkatip, Oloh Mengkatip). Lexical similarity: 75% with Ngaju [nij], 45% with Banjar [bjn].

Language Development

Dictionary.

Language Resources

Other Comments

Muslim.