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The Jambi City dialect is regarded as the prestigious dialect of Jambi Malay due to Jambi City's historical and cultural significance as the seat of ancient Malay kingdoms and sultanates. [17] Interestingly, Jambi City itself has two urban areas separated by the Batang Hari River , where each area has its own sub-distincts dialect: Jambi Kota ...
[2] [3] Malay, in its various forms, is recognized as a national language in Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore. [4] The Malayic branch also includes local languages spoken by ethnic Malays (e.g. Jambi Malay , Kedah Malay ), further several languages spoken by various other ethnic groups of Sumatra , Indonesia (e.g. Minangkabau ) and Borneo (e.g ...
The Batin are a sub-group of Malay people that inhabits the interior parts of Jambi province [1] There are approximately 72,000 Batin living in the interior of south-central Sumatra. They speak a dialect of the Jambi variant of Malay, [2] but the accent is similar to Minangkabau language. [3]
The most widely spoken are Palembang Malay (3.2 million), Jambi Malay (1 million), Bengkulu Malay (1.6 million) and Banjarese (4 million) (although not considered to be a dialect of Malay by its speakers; its minor dialect is typically called Bukit Malay). Speakers of unintelligible Malay dialects speak standard Indonesian as a lingua franca.
Western Malay dialects are predominantly spoken in Sumatra and Borneo, which itself is divided into Bornean and Sumatran Malay; some of the most widely spoken Sumatran Malay dialects are Riau Malay, Langkat, Palembang Malay and Jambi Malay. Minangkabau, Kerinci and Bengkulu are believed to be Sumatran Malay descendants.
Kerinci people (Kerinci: Uhang Kincai, Malay: Kerinci or Kerinchi, Minangkabau: Urang Karinci, Jawi: كرينچي) are an Austronesian ethnic group native to Jambi province specifically in the regencies of Kerinci, Merangin, Bungo and the city of Sungai Penuh. Besides Jambi, Kerinci communities can also be found in neighbouring West Sumatra.
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