Minangkabau

About Minangkabau

Minangkabau or simply Minang (known natively as Bahaso Minangkabau or Baso Minang) is a language spoken predominantly by the Minangkabau people in their ancestral home of West Sumatra and other places within Sumatra and beyond where Minangkabau people have moved. This language has many dialects, and the most common to use is Padang dialect which also became a lingua franca between Minangkabau people from many area. Therefore, this language is also known as Padang language.

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