South Barisan Malay

South Barisan Malay
South Barisan Malay
Central Malay
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Bengkulu; South Sumatra; Lampung
Native speakers	1.6 million (2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Malayo-Chamic Malayic South Barisan Malay; ; ; ;
Dialects	Benakat; Bengkulu; Besemah; Enim; Lematang Ulu; Lintang; Ogan; Rambang; Semende; Serawai
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pse
Glottolog	high1292 (partial)
	The distribution of Barisan lects across southern Sumatra.

South Barisan Malay, also called Central Malay or Middle Malay, is a collection of closely related Malayic isolects spoken in the southwestern part of Sumatra. None of them has more than one million speakers.

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