Palembang_people

Palembang people

Palembang people

Malay ethnic subgroup

The Palembang (Malay: Orang Palembang; Palembang language: Uwong Pelémbang) or Palembang Malay (Indonesian: Melayu Palembang; Jawi: ملايو ڤلامبڠ‎)[2] are a sub-ethnic group of Malays that inhabits the interior parts of South Sumatra province, Indonesia.

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The 2010 census recorded 1,252,258 Palembang[1] living in Indonesia.[3][4] They speak Palembang, which is a variant of Malay in Sumatra and also has been influenced by Javanese since parts of South Sumatra used to be under direct Javanese rule for quite a long time, the speech varieties of Palembang and its surrounding area are significantly influenced by Javanese, down to their core vocabularies.[5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Ananta, Aris; Arifin, Evi Nurvidya; Hasbullah, M Sairi; Handayani, Nur Budi; Pramono, Agus (2015). Demography of Indonesia's Ethnicity. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 119. ISBN 978-981-4519-87-8.
  2. [2]
    Kanwil Sumsel (2019). "Sosialisasi SP2020 "Partisipasi Aktif Lembaga Pemerintah dan Swasta Dalam Menyukseskan Sensus Penduduk 2020"". sumsel.kemenkumham.go.id (in Indonesian). Kantor Wilayah Sumatera Selatan - Kementerian Hukum dan Ham Republik Indonesia. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  3. [3]
    Sosial Budaya Kota Palembang Dari Turun Temurun
  4. [4]
    Indonesia's Population: Ethnicity and Religion in a Changing Political Landscape. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 2003. ISBN 9812302123.
  5. [5]
    Tadmor, Uri (16–17 June 2001). Language Contact and Historical Reconstruction: The Case of Palembang Malay. 5th International Symposium on Malay/Indonesian Linguistics. Leipzig.


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