Jambi Malay

E166221

Austronesian language variety Malayic language regional language variety

Jambi Malay is a regional variety of the Malay language spoken primarily in the Jambi province of Sumatra, Indonesia, characterized by its distinct phonology and vocabulary within the Malayic language family.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Jambi Malay canonical	3
Jambi Malays	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language variety ⓘ Malayic language ⓘ regional language variety ⓘ
associatedWith	Jambi Malay ethnic identity ⓘ Jambi culture ⓘ
belongsToBranch	Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
belongsToSubgroup	Malayic languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Indonesian ⓘ Palembang Malay ⓘ Riau Malay ⓘ Malay ⓘ surface form: Standard Malay
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Indonesia ⓘ
geographicDistribution	central and eastern parts of Jambi Province ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Bahaso Jambi ⓘ Jambi Malay dialect ⓘ
hasDomain	informal speech ⓘ local culture ⓘ
hasFeature	Malayic grammatical structure ⓘ distinct phonology ⓘ distinct vocabulary ⓘ
hasLexicalFeature	regional lexical items not found in Standard Malay ⓘ
hasMorphology	affixation patterns similar to other Malayic varieties ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	vowel quality differences from Standard Indonesian ⓘ
hasPhonotactics	similar syllable structure to other Malayic languages ⓘ
hasStatus	regional language variety in Indonesia ⓘ
hasSyntax	basic SVO word order ⓘ
hasTypology	analytic language ⓘ
influencedBy	Old Malay ⓘ surface form: Classical Malay Indonesian ⓘ surface form: Standard Indonesian
isDialectOf	Malay ⓘ
ISO639Status	not standardized as a separate ISO 639-3 code (as of 2024) ⓘ
isSpokenBy	local communities in Jambi Province ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ surface form: Austronesian Malayic ⓘ
partOf	Malayic languages ⓘ surface form: Malayic language family
region	Jambi ⓘ surface form: Jambi Province
spokenIn	Indonesia ⓘ Jambi ⓘ surface form: Jambi Province Sumatra ⓘ
subclassOf	Malay language ⓘ
usedBy	ethnic Malays in Jambi ⓘ
usedFor	daily communication ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ
usesScriptVariant	Jawi script ⓘ
writingSystem	Arabic script ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malayic languages → hasMember → Jambi Malay ⓘ

Jambi → hasEthnicGroup → Jambi Malay ⓘ

Jambi → localLanguage → Jambi Malay ⓘ

Kerinci people → neighboringGroup → Jambi Malay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jambi Malays