South Barisan Malay | |
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Central Malay | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Bengkulu South Sumatra Lampung |
Native speakers | 1.6 million (2000)[1] |
Austronesian
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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.