Wiki Languages: Banjar language (Bahasa Banjar)

Banjarese
Basa Banjar Jaku Banjar
Native to	Indonesia
Region	South Kalimantan Central Kalimantan East Kalimantan
Ethnicity	Banjarese
Native speakers	L1: 4,127,124 (2010 census)[1] L1 & L2: ~10,650,000
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Malayic Banjarese
Standard forms	Standard Banjarese
Dialects	Pahuluan Banjarese[2][3] Batangbanyu Banjarese Kuala Banjarese[4][5]
Writing system	Latin (predominantly) Jawi (sometimes)
Official status
Official language in	South Kalimantan (co-official)
Development body	Language Development Center of the Republic of Indonesia South Kalimantan Linguistic Center Banjarmasin Linguistic Center
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bjn
Glottolog	banj1241
Linguasphere	31-MFA-fd
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The Banjar or Banjarese (Basa Banjar; Jaku Banjar) is an Austronesian language predominantly spoken by the Banjarese—an indigenous ethnic group native to Banjar regions— in the southeastern Kalimantan of Indonesia. The Banjarese language is the de factolingua franca for various indigenous community especially in South Kalimantan, as well as Central Kalimantan (notably in Seruyan Regency and Sukamara Regency) and East Kalimantan in general.

Apart from the native Banjarese in Indonesia, the Banjarese language also spoken by little Banjarese diaspora abroad (such as in Brunei, Malaysia (notably in Sabah and Perak), and Singapore), however they tend to not use it as their primary language, and their fluency degree is questionable.

Dialects

There are at least three divisions of dialects within the Banjarese language:

1. Batangbanyu Banjarese
2. Kuala Banjarese^[4][5]
3. Pahuluan Banjarese^[2][3]

According to Cense,^[6] the Pahuluan Banjarese are predominantly spoken by Banjarese people in the South Hulu Sungai Regency and North Hulu Sungai Regency regions.

Phonology

The consonantal inventory of Banjarese language is shown below:^[7]

Consonants

Vowels

Alphabet

Sample text

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The following texts are the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Banjarese language along with the original declaration in English.

Simple conversation

Here are examples of simple conversation in Banjarese language:

Expression

Here are examples of expressions in Banjarese language:

See also

• Banjar people
• Banjarese architecture
• Banjarmasin
• South Kalimantan
• Paradisec

References

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