Batin_people
Batin people
Ethnic group in Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia
The Batin are a sub-group of Malay people that inhabits the interior parts of Jambi province[1]
There are approximately 72,000 Batin living in the interior of south-central Sumatra. They speak a dialect of the Jambi variant of Malay,[2] but the accent is similar to Minangkabau language.[3]
The Batin are predominantly Muslim, but have a matrilineal kinship system, which is similar to Minangkabau than to Jambi Malays.[4]