Jambi Malay

Jambi Malay
Baso Jambi
Region Jambi Province
Ethnicity Jambi Malays, Batin etc.
Native speakers
1 million (2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 jax
Glottolog jamb1236[2]

Jambi Malay is a Malayan language spoken in Jambi province, Indonesia. It is closely related to Palembang Malay in neighbouring South Sumatra.

References

  1. Jambi Malay at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Jambi Malay". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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