Kaur language explained

Kaur
Nativename:Ka’ur
States:Indonesia
Region:Sumatra (Bengkulu)
Speakers:40,000
Date:2000
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Malayic
Iso3:vkk
Glotto:kaur1269
Glottorefname:Kaur

Kaur (Ka’ur) is a Malayic language spoken in Bengkulu province on the southeastern coast of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.[1] It is difficult for speakers of neighboring Central Malay (Bengkulu) to understand. Many speakers are animists.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Anderbeck . Karl . McDowell . Jonathan . 2020 . The Malay Lects of Southern Sumatra . JSEALS Special Publication . 7 . University of Hawai'i Press . 10524/52473 . 25.