ISO 639-3 pse | Glottolog cent2053 | |
Region Bengkulu Province, Sumatra Native speakers 1.6 million (2000 census) Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
Nuclear MP
Malayic
Malayan
Malay?
Bengkulu Malay | ||
Bengkulu or Central Malay, is a Malayan language spoken on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, around the city of Bengkulu. It is more closely related to other Malay variants in Sumatra such as Col, Jambi Malay and Palembang Malay as well Minangkabau spoken in neighbouring West Sumatra than to Rejang, which is also spoken in the province.
References
Bengkulu language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA