Austronesian · ISO 639-3 jax
Jambi Malay Language Baso Jambi
Jambi Malay is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1.0 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Jambi Malay is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Jambi Malay
Language family
- Austronesian
- Malayo-Polynesian
- Malayo-Chamic
- Malayic
- Nuclear Malayic
- Northern Sumatra Malay
- Jambi Malay
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Jambi Malay language
Jambi Malay (Baso Jambi) is spoken by about 1.0 million people, which makes it the 469th most spoken language in the world — just behind Izon (1.0 million) and ahead of Kabiyè (1.0 million). It belongs to the Austronesian language family and, more precisely, to the Northern Sumatra Malay group within the Malayo-Chamic branch.
Where is Jambi Malay spoken?
Jambi Malay is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Indonesia (1.0 million).
Jambi Malay is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Jambi Malay is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Minangkabau, Negeri Sembilan Malay, Indonesian, Betawi, Bukit Malay, Banjar and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 jax.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.