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ISO 639-3 · minmin
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Minangkabau

bahaso Minangkabau

Minangkabau is a language, spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Wikidata counts about 5.5 m speakers (2007). Wikidata describes it as “Malayic language spoken predominantly by the Minangkabau ethnic group”.

5 · DevelopingLatnJawi5.5 m
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
min
Glottocode
mina1268
Family
unclassified
Centre point
-0.90, 100.44
Wikipedia
82 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
2scripts
—levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameMinangkabau · bahaso Minangkabau
Also calledBaso Minang, Bahaso Minang, Baso Minangkabau, Minangkabau language
All speakers5,530,000 (2007)
Written inLatin script, Jawi

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
where it is spoken

Map and countries

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Map of the area where Minangkabau is spoken
Map: Ubs6u!d-pongsakorn · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Indonesia691 languages in the indexMalaysia113 languages in the indexSingapore21 languages in the index

Also spoken in Indonesia

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeindIndonesianAustronesian · 199 m1 · NationaljavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroushakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · Developing