Austronesian · ISO 639-3 zmi
Negeri Sembilan Malay Language bahasa Melayu Negeri Sembilan
Negeri Sembilan Malay is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1.0 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Negeri Sembilan Malay is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Negeri Sembilan Malay
Language family
- Austronesian
- Malayo-Polynesian
- Malayo-Chamic
- Malayic
- Nuclear Malayic
- Northern Sumatra Malay
- Kerinci-Minangkabau
- Minangkabauic
- Negeri Sembilan Malay
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Negeri Sembilan Malay language
Negeri Sembilan Malay (bahasa Melayu Negeri Sembilan) is spoken by about 1.0 million people, which makes it the 457th most spoken language in the world — just behind Kinaray-A (1.1 million) and ahead of Talysh (1.0 million). It belongs to the Austronesian language family and, more precisely, to the Minangkabauic group within the Malayo-Chamic branch.
Where is Negeri Sembilan Malay spoken?
Negeri Sembilan Malay is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Malaysia (414,777).
Negeri Sembilan Malay is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Negeri Sembilan Malay is written in the Latin script. Glottolog classifies it as threatened, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Minangkabau, Jambi Malay, Indonesian, Betawi, Bukit Malay, Banjar and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 zmi.
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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.