- Palembang language
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Musi Baso Palembang Spoken in Palembang, Indonesia Region Southeast Asia Native speakers 4 million (date missing) Language family Language codes ISO 639-3 mui Musi, also known as Palembang and Sekayu, is a Malay language spoken by about 1.4 million residents of the Palembang metropolitan area, Palembang being the capital of South Sumatra, Indonesia, and has about 2.5 million additional speakers in the surrounding area. In recent times, the Palembang language has become a lingua franca in South Sumatra province , although South Sumatra also has other regional languages and dialects. Palembang is highly influenced by Javanese, because the first speakers came from Demak, Central Java in 18th century.
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Comparison with Standard Malay
Palembang Standard Malay / Indonesian English apo apa what dio dia she mato mata eye kecik kecil small besak besar big ambik ambil take telok telur egg ikok ekor tail anget hangat warm lengen lengan arm ngenjuk hunjuk / unjuk give idak tidak no ari hari day jiron jiran neighbor Words similar with Javanese
Palembang Javanese Standard Malay / Indonesian English wong wong orang people melok melu ikut follow dewek dhewe sendiri alone lawang lawang pintu door lanang lanang lelaki male selawe selawe dua puluh lima twenty five jero jero dalam inside iwak iwak ikan fish banyu banyu air water dulur dulur saudara siblings, relatives metu metu keluar go out abang abang merah red Original words (unknown source)
Palembang Standard Malay / Indonesian English pacak bisa, boleh can pecak, cak macam, seperti looks like galak mahu, mau want to parak dekat near, close katek tidak ada none, nothing kagek nanti later kanji genit vain tujah tikam stab someone singit sembunyi hide alep cantik beautiful baseng terserah up to you goco pukul hit terajang hantam hit hardly campak jatuh fall lokak peluang opportunity References
1. http://thesulthan.multiply.com/journal/item/39/Kamus_Bahasa_Palembang Palembang dictionary
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- Malay language
- Palembang
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