Austronesian language spoken in Kalimantan, Indonesia
Bakumpai is an Austronesian language belonging to the West Barito languages . It is spoken by about 100,000 Bakumpai people (a subgroup of Dayak people ) living in the central Kalimantan , Indonesia .
Neighbouring ethnic groups are Banjar people , Ngaju people and Ma'anyan people . Thus there is high lexical similarity with the neighbouring languages (75% with Ngaju , 45% with Banjar ).
Vocabulary comparison between Bakumpai, Ngaju and Indonesian[ edit ] Bakumpai Ngaju Indonesian English Jida Dia Tidak No Beken Beken Bukan Not Pai Pai Kaki Leg Kueh Kueh Mana Where Si-Kueh Bara-Kueh Dari mana From where Hituh Hetuh Sini Here Si-Hituh Intu-Hetuh Di sini Right here Bara Bara Dari From Kejaw Kejaw Jauh Far Tukep/Parak Tukep Dekat Near Kuman Kuman Makan Eat Mihup Mihop Minum Drink Lebu Lewu Kampung Village Batatapas Bapukan Mencuci pakaian Wash clothes
* indicates proposed status ? indicates classification dispute † indicates extinct status