The Banjar Guardian

Abdul Djebar Hapip, a lecturer from Banjarmasin, has compiled a Banjar dictionary to preserve the language. It has been reprinted six times.

June 4, 2013

Tajuddin Noor Ganie frowned as he read a series of words on his laptop screen. That afternoon, the writer who uses Banjarthe language spoken by the ethnic Banjar community in South Kalimantanwas editing a short story at his residence on Jalan Mayjen Soetoyo in Banjarmasin, the provincial capital. The 55-year-old man said that when he writes, sometimes there are words he has to check a few times. "Banjar people use the word mamukul for memukul (to

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