Jambi Malay

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

Jambi language
Baso Jambi
Native toIndonesia
RegionJambi Province
EthnicityJambian, Batin etc.
Native speakers
1 million (2000 census)[1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3jax
Glottologjamb1236[2]

References

  1. Jambi language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Jambi Malay". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  • Yanti; Tadmor, Uri; Cole, Peter; Hermon, Gabriella. 2015. Critò Kitò: A collection of Jambi stories in the Seberang Dialect. Jakarta: Masyarakat Linguistik Indonesia [Indonesian Linguistic Society]. ISBN 978-602-17161-3-7 [Includes word list.]
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