Kubu language

Not to be confused with Irimba language.

Kubu
Rimba Anak Dalam
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Sumatra
Ethnicity	Kubu people
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1989)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Malayic Kubu
Dialects	Lalang, Bajat, Ulu Lako, Tungkal, Tungkal Ilir, Dawas, Supat, Jambi, Ridan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kvb
Glottolog	kubu1239

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.^[2] Some of the variations in Kubu isolects have been presented by Dunggio.^[3]

References

1. Kubu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Sager, Steven (2008). The Sky is our Roof, the Earth our Floor: Orang Rimba Customs and Religion in the Bukit Duabelas Region of Jambi, Sumatra [1]
3. Dunggio (1995). Struktur Bahasa Kubu