Kubu language should not be confused with Irimba language.
Kubu | |
Also Known As: | Rimba Anak Dalam |
States: | Indonesia |
Region: | Sumatra |
Ethnicity: | Kubu people |
Speakers: | 10,000 |
Date: | 1989 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Austronesian |
Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
Fam3: | Malayic |
Dialects: | Lalang, Bajat, Ulu Lako, Tungkal, Tungkal Ilir, Dawas, Supat, Jambi, Ridan |
Iso3: | kvb |
Glotto: | kubu1239 |
Glottorefname: | Kubu |
Kubu is a Malayic 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.[1] Some of the variations in Kubu isolects have been presented by Dunggio.[2]