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Berangas language (Barangas) or Berangas Dayak is an endangered or extinct Barito language spoken in North Alalak village in Banjarmasin and East Berangas village in Barito Kuala, South Kalimantan. The number of speakers is decreasing, most of them are switching to Banjarese language, and a small number to Bakumpai language, while assimilating their ethnicity to Banjarese people.

This language is spoken by the Berangas Dayak people who are thought to have originally come from the Belandean in Barito Kuala, so this language is very closely related to the Bakumpai language, or perhaps its dialect. Berangas language was classified as an endangered language in 2013 and its vocabulary was recorded in the North Alalak village, with only 60 speakers recorded. Meanwhile, in East Berangas village, there may be even fewer speakers.

Geographical distribution

Alalak River is a place where the Berangas language was often spoken in the past, it is a tributary of the Barito River near its estuary which borders the Banjarmasin City (North Banjarmasin) with Barito Kuala Regency. This language is currently only spoken in North Alalak village in Banjarmasin and in East Berangas village, as well as several other villages in Alalak district, Barito Kuala.

The Berangas language was once spoken in the following areas, but has become extinct, including:

1. Berangas (in Barito Kuala Regency)
2. Belandean or Ujung Panti (in Barito Kuala Regency)
3. Tabunganen (in Barito Kuala Regency)
4. Sungai Teras (in Barito Kuala Regency)
5. Jelapat (in Barito Kuala Regency)
6. Sungai Puduk (in Banjar Regency)
7. Sungai Tandipah (in Banjar Regency)
8. Aluh-Aluh (in Banjar Regency)
9. Sungai Takuluk (in Pulang Pisau Regency)

In fact, long ago there were Berangas-speaking areas in Mendawai in West Kotawaringin Regency and Mendawai in Katingan Regency, as well as in the Seruyan River in Central Kalimantan which is quite far from the current Berangas-speaking area.

Classification

Berangas language comes from the Barito languages which has absorbed a lot of Banjarese vocabulary up to approximately 70%. So this is a language with a mixture of Barito with Banjarese which is Malayic language, but the original Barito language structure is still visible. The lexical similarity of the Berangas language to other languages ​​is approximately 30% with Bakumpai language and 70% with Banjar language, especially the Banjar Kuala dialect.

See also

• Banjar language
• Barito languages

References

1. ^ "Nyaris punah, bahasa-bahasa daerah di Kalsel direkam". merdeka.com (in Indonesian). Banjarbaru, Indonesia: Merdeka. 2013. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
2. ^ "Dua Bahasa di Kalsel Punah". radarbanjarmasin.co.id (in Indonesian). Banjarmasin, Indonesia: Radar Banjarmasin. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
3. "Bahasa Berangas | Provinsi Kalimantan Selatan". petabahasa.kemdikbud.go.id (in Indonesian). Jakarta, Indonesia: Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
4. ^ Hapip, Abdul D. (1984). Struktur Bahasa Barangas (in Indonesian). Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan.
5. "Ritual Ratip Bejalan Dalam Masyarakat Berangas". helmibarabai.com (in Indonesian). Barabai, Indonesia: Helmi Barabai. 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2025-01-07.

External links

• Digerus Bahasa Banjar, Penutur Bahasa Berangas Yang Kian Langka on jejakrekam.com.
• Baru Ada Empat Kamus Bahasa Daerah, Bahasa Berangas Di Ambang Punah on jejakrekam.com.

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