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 (Jambi Malay: Baso Jambi, Indonesian: Bahasa Jambi or Bahasa Melayu Jambi) is a Malayan language spoken in Jambi province, Indonesia. It is closely related to Palembang Malay in neighbouring South Sumatra and Bengkulu Malay in Bengkulu Province.

References

  1. ↑ Jambi Malay at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Jambi Malay". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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