South Barisan Malay

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.

South Barisan Malay
Central Malay
Native toIndonesia
RegionBengkulu
South Sumatra
Lampung
Native speakers
1.6 million (2000)
Austronesian
DialectsBenakat
Bengkulu
Besemah
Enim
Lematang Ulu
Lintang
Ogan
Rambang
Semende
Serawai
Language codes
ISO 639-3pse
Glottologhigh1292  (partial)
The distribution of Barisan lects across southern Sumatra.
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