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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Malaysia (Peninsular) > Negeri Sembilan Malay

Negeri Sembilan Malay

A language of Malaysia (Peninsular)

ISO 639-3zmi

Population  Ethnic population: 507,500 (2004).
Region  Southeast of Kuala Lumpur, Ulu Muar District.
Language map  Malaysia - Peninsular, reference number 21
Alternate names   Malaysian Minangkabau, Ulu Muar Malay
Dialects  Related to Minangkabau [min] in Sumatra, Indonesia.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Sumbawan, North and East, Malayic, Malay
Comments  People call Minangkabau immigrants, who have come during the last 60 to 80 years, ‘Minang’.