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Minangkabau
Minangkabau
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source : atlas indonesia
Minangkabau is the name of an
ethnic and language in West Sumatra, one of the provinces in
Sumatra Island,
Indonesia. The capital city of West Sumatra is Padang.
Therefore, Minangkabau language is called
Baso
Padang, Baso Urang Awak
or Bahasa Minang. Nowadays, in West
Sumatra Province or Sumatra
Barat,
there are nineteen regencies and cities with variation of Minangkabau
dialects. The
dialect of Minangkabau is similar to Malay, which formed the basis of
the national language of Indonesia. Some
linguists argue that Minangkabau is the basis of modern
Malay. For further
information about Minangkabu please see http://www.nagari.org/index2.php
, http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/jakarta/external/mincult.php?1
and http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~psanday/eggi2.html.