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- Richard McGinn, Archive of Materials for the Study of the Rejang of Sumatra. Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- Rejang in Unicode Table
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| Rejang | |
|---|---|
| Baso Hejang Baso Jang ꤽꥍꤺꥏ | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | [1] |
| Ethnicity | Rejang people |
Native speakers | 350,000 (2000 census) [2] |
| Dialects |
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| Latin (present) Rejang script (historically) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rej |
| Glottolog | reja1240 |
Rejang (baso Jang, baso Hejang) is an Austronesian language predominantly spoken by the Rejang people in southwestern parts of Sumatra (Bengkulu), Indonesia. There are five dialects, spread from mountainous region to the coastal region of Bengkulu, including the Musi (Musai) dialect, the Lebong dialect, the Kebanagung dialect, the Rawas (Awes) dialect, and the Pesisir dialect.
Rejang is not obviously close to other Malayo-Polynesian languages in Sumatra. McGinn (2009) classified it among the Bidayuh languages of Borneo, closest to Bukar–Sadong. According to the source, these languages shared raising of *a to *ə word-finally, or in final syllables except those ending in velar consonants *k, *ŋ, and *q. [3] It may be that it is related to the newly described language Nasal, but that is speculative at this point. [4] Robert Blust and Alexander Smith classified Rejang as part of Greater North Borneo languages (2017a, 2017b). [5] [6] [7]
Rejang has five different dialects. Speakers of each dialects are able to communicate with one another, in spite of lexical and phonological differences. The four dialects of Rejangs are Curup, Lebong, Kepahiang, and Utara. Among all dialects, Awes dialect is the hardest for the speakers of other dialects.
Rejang was written with the Rejang script for a long time. [8] The script is thought to predate the introduction of Islam to the area in the 12th century CE, although the earliest attested document has been dated to the mid-18th century. It is traditionally written on bamboo, buffalo horn, bark or copper plates. It was only recently[ when? ] that the Latin alphabet was introduced as a way of writing the language.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k | ʔ |
| voiced | b | d | dʒ | ɡ | ||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||
| Trill | ( r ) | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
A trill /r/ is also present, but only in loanwords. [9]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Open | a |
| English | Lebong Dialect | Curup Dialect | Kepahiang Dialect | Utara Dialect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| earth | bumai dênio dunio | bumêi dênio dunio | bumêi dênio dunio | bumai dênio dunio |
| star | bitang | bitang | bitang | bitang |
| moon | bulên | bulên | bulên | bulên |
| sun | mataibilai | matêibilêi | matêibilêi matoibiloi | mataibilai |
| cloud | awên | awên | awên | awên |
| sky | lenget | lenget | lenget | lenget |
| English | Lebong Dialect | Curup Dialect | Kepahiang Dialect | Utara Dialect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| female | slawêi | bia, sêbia, bie, sêbie, slawie | bêa | slawêi |
| male | smanêi | sêbong, smanie | smanêi | smanêi |
| third gender | tayuk | tayuk | tayuk | tayuk |
| English | Lebong Dialect | Curup Dialect | Kepahiang Dialect | Utara Dialect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| red | miləak | miləak | abang | miləak |
| white | putiak | puteak | puteah | puteak |
| black | məluo | mələu | mələa | məluo |
| green | ijo | ijo | ijo | ijo |
| blue | biru/blu/blau | biru/blu/bləu | biru/blu/bləu | biru/blu/blau |
| grey | abu-abu/abau | abu-abu/abəu | abu-abu/abəu | abu-abu/abəu |
| orange | jingga | jingga | jingga | jingga |
| violet | ungau | ungəu | ungəu | ungau |
| brown | perang | perang | perang | coklat |
| pink | miləak mudo/miləak jamau | miləak mudo/miləak jaməu | miləah mudo/miləak jaməu | abang mude/miləak jamau |
| silver | pirok | pirak | pirak | pirak |
| maroon | miləak atie | miləak atəi | abang atəei | miləak atəi |
| English | Lebong Dialect | Curup Dialect | Kepahiang Dialect | Utara Dialect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | uku ku | uku ku | uku u | uku, ku |
| you | kumu (honour, formal) ko (common) | kumu (honour, formal) ko (common) | ko | kumu (honour, formal) ko (common) |
| we | itê | itê | itê | itê |
| they | tobo'o | tobo'o | toboho | tobo'o |
| he/she | si | si | si | si |
| Numeral | English | Lebong Dialect | Curup Dialect | Kepahiang Dialect | Utara Dialect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | zero | kosong | nol | nol | nol |
| 1 | one | do (sometimes dəlai) | do (sometimes dəlai) | do (sometimes dikup) | do (sometimes dəlai) |
| 2 | two | duai | duəi | dui | duəi |
| 3 | three | təlau | tələu | tələu | təlau |
| 4 | four | əpat, pat | əpat, pat | əpat, pat | əpat, pat |
| 5 | five | ləmo | ləmo | ləmo | ləmo |
| 6 | six | num | num | num | num |
| 7 | seven | tujuak | tojoak | tojoah | tojoak |
| 8 | eight | dəlapən | dəlapən | dəlapən | dəlapən |
| 9 | nine | semilan | semilan | semilan | semilan |
| 10 | ten | dəpuluak | dəpoloak | dəpoloah | dəpoloak |
| 11 | eleven | səblas | səblas | səblas | səblas |
| 12 | twelve | duai bəlas | duəi bəlas | dui bəlas | duəi balas |
| 13 | thirteen | təlau bəlas | tələu bəlas | tələu bəlas | təlau bəlas |
| 19 | nineteen | seilan bəlas | semilan bəlas | semilan bəlas | semilan bəlas |
| 20 | twenty | duai puluak | duəi poloak | dui poloah | duəi poloak |
| 21 | twenty-one | duai puluak satu | duəi poloak satu | dui poloah satu | duəi poloak do |
| 50 | fifty | ləmo puluak | ləmo poloak | ləmo poloah | ləmo poloak |
| 100 | one hundred | sotos | sotos | sotos | sotos |
| 200 | two hundred | duai otos | duəi otos | dui otos | duəi otos |
| 1000 | one thousand | səribau | səribeu | səribeu | səribau |
| 10,000 | ten thousand | dəpuluak ribau | dəpoloak ribəu | dəpoloah ribəu | dəpoloak ribau |
| 100,000 | one hundred thousand | sotos ribau | sotos ribəu | sotos ribəu | sotos ribau |
| 1,000,000 | one million | dəjuta | dəjuta | dəjuta | dəjuta |
| English | Lebong Dialect | Curup Dialect | Kepahiang Dialect | Utara Dialect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | sənin | sənin | sənin | sənin |
| Tuesday | səlasa | səlasa | səlasa | səlasa |
| Wednesday | rabau/rabu/rəbau | rabəu/rabu/rəbəu | rabəu/rabu/rəbəu | rebaa/rəbu/rəbəu |
| Thursday | kəmis | kəmis | kəmis | kəmis |
| Friday | jəm'at/jum'at | jəma'at/jum'at | jəmahat/jum'at | jəm'at/jum'at |
| Saturday | sabtau/səbtau/səbtu | sabtəu | seteu | sabtau/səbtau |
| Sunday | mingau | mingəu | mingəu | mingəu |
| English | Lebong Dialect | Curup Dialect | Kepahiang Dialect | Utara Dialect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| behind | bêlakang kədong | bêlakang kêdong | bêlakang kêdong | bêlakang kêdong |
| beside | dêpêak pêak | dêpêak pêak | dêpêah pêah saping | dêpêak pêak |
| above | das | das | das | das |
| in front of | muko | muko | adep | muko |
| outside | luêa | luêa | luêh | luêa |
| inside | lêm | lêm | lêm | lêm |
| corner | iding | iding | iding | iding |
| under | bêak | bêak | bêah | bêak |
| between | antaro | antaro | antaro | antaro |
| English | Lebong Dialect | Curup Dialect | Kepahiang Dialect | Utara Dialect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wind | angin | angin | angin | angin |
| water | bioa | bioa | bioa | bioa |
| land | tanêak | tanêak | tanəah | tanəak |
| soil | pitok | pitak | pitak | pitak |
| air | udaro | udaro | udaro | udaro |
| fire | opoi | opoi | opoe | opoi |
The following is a sample text in Rejang, of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (by the United Nations):
Gloss (word-to-word):
Translation (grammatical):
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