Minangkabau language

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Minangkabau (Baso Minangkabau)

Spoken in

Indonesia ( West Sumatra , Riau , Jambi , Bengkulu , North Sumatra , Aceh )
Malaysia ( Negeri Sembilan )
speaker 6,500,000
Linguistic
classification

Austronesian

Language codes
ISO 639 -2

min

ISO 639-3

min

The Minangkabau language (autonym: Baso Minang [kabau] ; Indonesian Bahasa Minangkabau ) is an Austronesian language spoken by the Minangkabau people on western Sumatra , the western part of Riau , southern Aceh , the northern part of Bengkulu and Jambi , as well as several Is spoken of by emigrated Minangkabau traders and restaurateurs in cities across Indonesia .

The Minangkabau Language is also an official language along the western coastal region of the province of North Sumatra , and also in parts of Aceh used where the language Aneuk Jamee is called. Minangkabau is also spoken in part of Malaysia , namely in the Sultanate of Negeri Sembilan .

Lately, Minangkabau has been increasingly replaced by the Indonesian official and sole language of instruction, Bahasa Indonesia , as more and more speakers are adopting Indonesian as their mother tongue. The same applies to Minangkabau in Malaysia, where it has been replaced by Malay and English .

Language example

Spoken Minangkabau (Wikitongues project)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights , Article 1:

Sadonyo manusia dilahiakan mardeka dan punyo martabat sarato hak-hak nan samo. Mareka dikaruniai aka jo hati nurani, supayo satu samo lain bagaul sarupo urang badunsanak.
All people are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should meet one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kajian Serba Linguistics: Untuk Anton Moeliono Pereksa Bahasa (2000)
  2. ↑ Nadra, Reniwati, and Efri Yades, Daerah Asal dan Arah Migrasi Orang Minangkabau di Provinsi Jambi Berdasarkan Kajian Variasi Dialectical (2008)