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Komering

A language of Indonesia (Sumatra)

ISO 639-3: kge
This ISO 639-3 code has undergone change through the merging of one or more retired code elements. For more information, see the code change history documentation.

Population	470,000 (2000 census). 20,000 in Jakarta (1992).
Region	Along Komering River from Lake Ranau to near Palembang.
Language map	Indonesia, Sumatra, reference number 20
Alternate names	Kumoring
Dialects	Upstream Komering, Downstream Komering, Komering, Kayu Agung Asli, Kayu Agung. Lexical similarity: 70% with the Kalianda dialect of Lampung Api [ljp]; 74% with Sungkai dialect of Lampung Api (most similar).
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Lampung
Language use	Vigorous. Home, village. All ages. Positive attitude. Also use Indonesian [ind].
Language development	Radio programs.
Comments	Agriculturalists: wet rice. Muslim (Shafi Sunni).

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HANAWALT, Charlie, author. 2006. "Bitter or sweet? The vital role of sociolinguistic survey in Lampungic dialectology."