Ampanang language

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Ampanang
Behasa Ampanang
Native toIndonesia
RegionKenohan, Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan
Language codes
ISO 639-3apg
Glottologampa1239

Ampanang is an Austronesian language spoken at the village of Ampanang (no longer exists today), at the Kahala river (flowing into Lake Semayang and eventually the Mahakam), East Kalimantan. It is closely related to Tunjung, forming the Mahakam languages.[1] This language has extremely little documentation, and is only known from a 19-word vocabulary list on S. C. Knappert's work Beschrijving van de Onderafdeeling Koetei (1905). Ampanang had been already displaced by or mixed with Kutainese or Malay among the younger generation.[2]

Christian missionary websites claim that Ampanang people live in Jambuk and Lemper (Bongan, West Kutai), therefore conflicting with the information provided by S. C. Knappert.[3]

Vocabulary

Source:[2]

English Ampanang
(in modern spelling)
Indonesian
man liha laki-laki
woman wawé perempuan ~ wanita
child tuhi anak
river luah sungai
house elu rumah
cat méong kucing
dog imong anjing
sick perah sakit
so (adverb) suah sekali
Numbers
one ca satu
two rega dua
three telu tiga
four apat empat
five lima lima
six hagan enam
seven tucu tujuh
eight halung delapan
nine salatian sembilan
ten sapuluh sepuluh

References

  1. Smith, Alexander D. (2017). The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification (Thesis). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
  2. 1 2 Knappert, S. C. (1905). "Beschrijving van de Onderafdeeling Koetei". Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde: 615–6.
  3. "Ampanang in Indonesia". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2025-10-25.