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Kaur language

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Kaur
Ka’ur
Native toIndonesia
RegionSumatra (Bengkulu)
Native speakers
40,000 (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.

References

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  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.