Negeri Sembilan Malay

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A language of Malaysia

ISO 639-3
zmi
Alternate Names
Malaysian Minangkabau, Orang Negeri, Ulu Muar Malay
User Population

Used as L1 by many inhabitants of Negeri Sembilan State (2011 K. Anderbeck). Ethnic population: 508,000 (2004).

Location

Negeri Sembilan: Ulu Muar district.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic, Malay
Dialects

A member of macrolanguage Malay [msa].

Language Use

Also use Malay [zlm], with some shifting.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Negeri Sembilan Malay
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

People call Minangkabau immigrants, who have come during the last 60 to 80 years, Minang. May be a dialect of Malay [zlm].