Minangkabau
Malayic language spoken predominantly by the Minangkabau ethnic group
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Summary
Minangkabau is a natural language[1]. Minangkabau draws 693 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #222 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Indonesia[3], Malaysia[4], Singapore[5]
- Instance of: modern language[6], language[7]
- Subclass of: Minangkabauic[8]
- Writing system: Latin script[9], Jawi[10]
- Commons category: Minangkabau language[11]
- Wikimedia language code: min[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Minangkabau language[13]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 5,530,000[14]
- Native label: bahaso Minangkabau[15]
- Different from: Mineng[16]
- Indigenous to: Bengkulu[17], West Sumatra[18], Sumatra[19], Mukomuko[20], Tapak Tuan[21], Pekanbaru[22], Riau[23], Negeri Sembilan[24], Jambi[25], Singapore[26]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/MIN[27]
- Ethnologue language status: 5 Developing[28]
- Linguistic typology: agglutinative language[29], subject–verb–object[30]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Languages[31], WikiProject Indonesia[32], WikiProject Malaysia[33], WikiProject Singapore[34]
Why It Matters
Minangkabau has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Minangkabau is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]
Minangkabau has been cited as an influence by Indonesian[37], a language[38], in Indonesia[39].
FAQs
Who did Minangkabau influence?
Minangkabau has been cited as an influence by Indonesian[37].