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Minangkabau (Minangkabau: Baso Minangkabau, Jawi script: بهاس منڠكربو ; Indonesian: Bahasa Minangkabau) is an Austronesian language spoken by the Minangkabau of West Sumatra, the western part of Riau, South Aceh Regency, the northern part of Bengkulu and Jambi, also in several cities throughout Indonesia by migrated Minangkabau. [2]
Pantun (Jawi: ڤنتون ) is a Malayic oral poetic form used to express intricate ideas and emotions. [1] It generally consists of even-numbered lines [2] and based on ABAB rhyming schemes. [3] The shortest pantun consists of two lines better known as the pantun dua kerat in Malay, while the longest pantun, the pantun enam belas kerat have ...
A Banjarese speaker. The Banjar or Banjarese (basa Banjar; jaku Banjar, Jawi: باس بنجر ) is an Austronesian language predominantly spoken by the Banjarese—an indigenous ethnic group native to Banjar regions— in the southeastern Kalimantan of Indonesia.
Map of the Meto language cluster [3]. Uab Meto or Dawan is an Austronesian language spoken by Atoni people of West Timor.The language has a variant spoken in the East Timorese exclave of Oecussi-Ambeno, called Baikenu.
Efforts are currently being undertaken to preserve Jawi in Malaysia, and students taking Malay language examinations in Malaysia have the option of answering questions using Jawi. The Latin script, however, is the most commonly used in Brunei and Malaysia, both for official and informal purposes.
Jambi Malay (bahaso Jambi or baso Jambi, Jawi: بهاس جمبي), is a Malayic language primarily spoken by the Jambi Malay people in Jambi, Indonesia, but also spoken by migrants who have settled in Jambi.
Jawi [2] or Djawi [1] [3] [4] or Djaui, [2] is a nearly extinct dialect of the Bardi language of Western Australia, the traditional language of the Jawi people. There are no longer any known fluent speakers, but there may be some partial speakers. [5] The name has also been spelt Chowie, Djaoi, Djau, Dyao, and Dyawi.
But the word bahasa (a loanword from Sanskrit Bhāṣā) only means "language." For example, French language is translated as bahasa Prancis, and the same applies to other languages, such as bahasa Inggris (English), bahasa Jepang (Japanese), bahasa Arab (Arabic), bahasa Italia (Italian), and so on.