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The Bima language, or Bimanese (Bima: Nggahi Mbojo, Indonesian: Bahasa Bima), is an Austronesian language spoken on the eastern half of Sumbawa Island, Indonesia, which it shares with speakers of the Sumbawa language. Bima territory includes the Sanggar Peninsula, where the extinct Papuan language Tambora was once spoken. Bima is an exonym; the ...
The Bimanese live in the villages of the Bima and Dompu Regencies, and in the city of Bima. The main occupations of the rural population are wet rice farming, animal husbandry and fishing. Swidden farming is still found among highland communities. Urban Bimanese practice a wide range of professions, including trade and local administration. [1]
Bima city (Bima: Mbojo) is a coastal city on the east of the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia's province of West Nusa Tenggara.It is the largest city on the island of Sumbawa, with a population of 142,443 at the 2010 census [2] and 155,140 at the 2020 census; [3] the official estimate as at mid-2023 was 161,362 (comprising 80,085 males and 81,277 females). [1]
Oroko, also Bakundu-Balue or Balundu-Bima, is a Sawa Bantu dialect cluster spoken in Cameroon. Varieties are Kundu/Nkundu (Lokundu, Bakundu), Lue (Lolue, Balue), Mbonge, Ekombe, Londo (Londo ba Nanga; cf. Londo), Londo ba Diko, Ngolo (Longolo; cf. Ngolo dialect), Bima, Tanga (Lotanga, Batanga), and Koko (Lokoko, Bakoko: distinct from Bakoko ...
The bima became a standard fixture in synagogues, where the weekly Torah portion and haftara are read. In antiquity, the bima was made of stone, but in modern times it is usually a rectangular wooden platform approached by steps. [10] As in the Temple, the synagogal bima is typically elevated by two or three steps.
Baima (autonym: pe˥˧) [2] is a language spoken by 10,000 Baima people, [3] of Tibetan ethnicity, [citation needed] in north-central Sichuan Province and Gansu Province, China. [3] Baima is passed on from parents to children in Baima villages.
Sumbawa, [a] is an Indonesian island, located in the middle of the Lesser Sunda Islands chain, with Lombok to the west, Flores to the east, and Sumba further to the southeast. . Along with Lombok, it forms the province of West Nusa Tenggara, but there have been plans (currently held in abeyance) by the Indonesian government to split the island off into a separate province.
The Sultanate of Bima (Malay: كسلطانن بيم , romanized: Kesultanan Bima), officially known as The Settlements and Lands of Mbojo (Bima: Rasa ro Dana Mbojo), [1] [2] alternatively the Kingdom of Bima (Malay: کرجاءن بيم , romanized: Kerajaan Bima) was a Muslim state in the eastern part of Sumbawa in Indonesia, at the site of the present-day regency of Bima. [3]