Kubu language

Kubu
Kubu
Rimba
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Sumatra
Ethnicity	Kubu people
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1989)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Malayic Malayan Lubu–Kubu Kubu; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Lalang, Bajat, Ulu Lako, Tungkal, Tungkal Ilir, Dawas, Supat, Jambi, Ridan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kvb
Glottolog	kubu1239

Kubu is a Malayan 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.

In Bukit Duabelas (Jambi), the Rimba language is very glottal, which initially makes it difficult to understand.^[2] Some of the variations in Kubu isolects have been presented by Dunggio ^[3]

References

^ Kubu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ 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 [1]^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Dunggio (1995). Struktur Bahasa Kubu

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[e18-1] Kubu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] 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 [1]^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Dunggio (1995). Struktur Bahasa Kubu

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