The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: MPU
ISO 639-2: min
| Population | 6,500,000 including 500,000 in Jakarta. 3.3% of the population (1981 Moussay). |
| Region | West central Sumatra around Padang, and throughout the Indonesian archipelago. Nearly half live outside of central Sumatra. |
| Alternate names | MINANG, PADANG |
| Dialects | AGAM, PAJOKUMBUH, TANAH, SI JUNJUNG, BATU SANGKAR-PARIANGAN, SINGKARAK, ORANG MAMAK, ULU, KERINCI-MINANGKABAU. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Western Malayo-Polynesian, Sundic, Malayic, Malayan, Para-Malay. |
| Comments | Not intelligible with Indonesian. Muko-Muko and Pekal may be intelligible with Minang. There is literature. Investigation needed: intelligibility with Muko-Muko, Pekal. SVO. There is instruction in Minang in 1st and 2nd grade, although texts are in Indonesian. Newspapers, radio programs. Sunni Muslim. NT 1996. |
