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Kaur language

Kaur (Ka’ur) is a Malayic language spoken in Bengkulu province on the southeastern coast of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. It is difficult for speakers of neighboring Central Malay (Bengkulu) to understand. Many speakers are animists.

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Kaur
Ka’ur
Native toIndonesia
RegionSumatra (Bengkulu)
Native speakers
(40,000 cited 2000)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3vkk
Glottologkaur1269

Kaur (Ka’ur) is a Malayic language spoken in Bengkulu province on the southeastern coast of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.2 It is difficult for speakers of neighboring Central Malay (Bengkulu) to understand. Many speakers are animists.

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References

  1. Kaur at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. McDowell, Jonathan; Anderbeck, Karl (2020). The Malay Lects of Southern Sumatra. JSEALS Special Publication. Vol. 7. University of Hawai'i Press. p. 25. hdl:10524/52473.