Paku is a member of the East Barito branch of the Malayo-Polynesian language family. It is spoken by about 50 people in the villages of Tampa, Tarinsing, Bantei Napu and Kalamus in the East Barito Regency in the southeast of Central Kalimantan Province in Indonesia. The language is considered endangered, and speakers, especially children and young people, are shifting to other languages such as Ma'anyan, Banjar and Indonesian.
Paku is also known as Bakau. The language and the people who speak it get their name from the Paku River. It is closely related to the Malagasy language of Madagascar.
There is no official orthography for Paku, however there is a practical orthography based on Indonesian spelling conventions.
Download an alphabet chart for Paku (Excel)
Riwut Utara ali mato’onro busual menganai hie’ gi antara reo iyo lwei wigas. Pedesung reo busual ali rami erang ku’ulun panjalangan metah erang lalan ali tonga tubungkus jubah. Ayo tarue mambuktine wada Mato’onro, "bahawa iyo pangawigas gi antara tarue balalu hie’ iyo tau ngulah panjalangan iro muka jubahne.
The North Wind and the sun argued about who between them is the stronger one. While they were arguing intensely, a wanderer came crossed the path with his body wrapped in a cloak. "Let the two of us prove it", said the Sun, "that the strongest one between the two of us is then the one who can make that wanderer take off his cloak.
(Part of Riwut Utara ali Mato’onro / The North Wind and the Sun)
Source: A grammar of Paku: a language of Central Kalimantan
Information about Paku | Numbers
Information about Paku
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paku_language_(Indonesia)
https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/scholarlywork/1476620-a-grammar-of-paku--a-language-of-central-kalimantan
http://www.language-archives.org/language/pku
https://ijmmu.com/index.php/ijmmu/article/view/1655
Bushi, Lawangan, Maʼanyan, Malagasy, Paku
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 12.08.25. Last modified: 12.08.25
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