Minangkabau

E21743
Indigenous people of Indonesia ethnic group

The Minangkabau are a predominantly Muslim, matrilineal ethnic group from West Sumatra in Indonesia, renowned for their distinctive architecture, rich literary tradition, and strong culture of migration and trade.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Minangkabau people 42
Minangkabau canonical 20
Minangkabau language 14

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of Indonesia ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
architecturalStyle rumah gadang ⓘ
capitalRegionCenter Padang ⓘ
clanTerm suku ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
culturalCenter Bukittinggi ⓘ
Payakumbuh ⓘ
culturalPractice merantau migration ⓘ
descentSystem matrilineal descent ⓘ
diasporaTerm merantau ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
commerce ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnicReligion Islam ⓘ
etymology name associated with winning a buffalo fight (menang kerbau) ⓘ
famousFor culture of migration ⓘ
distinctive architecture ⓘ
matrilineal culture ⓘ
rich literary tradition ⓘ
trading tradition ⓘ
inheritanceSystem matrilineal inheritance ⓘ
kinshipSystem matrilineal ⓘ
language Minangkabau language ⓘ
languageBranch Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
mainProvince West Sumatra ⓘ
majorReligion Sunni Islam ⓘ
martialArt Minangkabau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: silat Minangkabau
motto adat basandi syarak, syarak basandi Kitabullah ⓘ
nativeName Minangkabau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Minang

Urang Minang ⓘ
notableEpic Kaba Cindua Mato ⓘ
notableFigure Buya Hamka ⓘ
Haji Agus Salim ⓘ
Mohammad Hatta ⓘ
oralLiterature kaba ⓘ
pantun ⓘ
populationStatus one of the largest ethnic groups in Indonesia ⓘ
primaryRegion West Sumatra ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Kerinci people ⓘ
Malay peoples ⓘ
surface form: Malay people

Batak ⓘ
surface form: Mandailing people
religionAndCustomPrinciple adat basandi syarak, syarak basandi Kitabullah ⓘ
religiousOrientation strong Islamic scholarship tradition ⓘ
roofShape horn-shaped roof ⓘ
roofSymbolism buffalo horns ⓘ
signatureDish gulai ⓘ
rendang ⓘ
sate Padang ⓘ
significantPopulationIn Bengkulu ⓘ
Brunei Darussalam ⓘ
surface form: Brunei

Jakarta ⓘ
Jambi ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
North Sumatra ⓘ
Riau ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based ⓘ
traditionalCuisine West Sumatra ⓘ
surface form: Padang cuisine
traditionalDance tari payung ⓘ
tari piring ⓘ
traditionalHomeland Barisan Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Bukit Barisan range

Minangkabau Highlands ⓘ
traditionalHouse rumah gadang ⓘ
traditionalLaw adat Minangkabau ⓘ
traditionalMusic saluang ⓘ
talempong ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalSystem nagari system ⓘ
traditionalScript Jawi script ⓘ
usesScript Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (96)

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

Indonesia → ethnicGroup → Minangkabau ⓘ
Malay peoples → sharesCulturalTraitsWith → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau people
Malay peoples → hasSubgroup → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau people
Sumatra → hadKingdom → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau realm
Sumatra → hasEthnicGroup → Minangkabau ⓘ
Minangkabau → nativeName → Minangkabau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minang
Minangkabau → martialArt → Minangkabau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: silat Minangkabau
Malay → closelyRelatedTo → Minangkabau ⓘ
Greater North Borneo languages → hasExampleLanguage → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau language
Malayic languages → hasMember → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau language
Mohammad Hatta → ethnicGroup → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau people
Sutan Sjahrir → ethnicGroup → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau people
Tan Malaka → ethnicGroup → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau people
Negeri Sembilan → hasCulturalHeritage → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau culture
Negeri Sembilan → hasEthnicGroup → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau people
Negeri Sembilan → hasTraditionalArchitectureStyle → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau roof architecture
Acehnese → relatedEthnicGroup → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau people
Rencong script → usedForLanguage → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau language
West Sumatra → localLanguage → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau language
West Sumatra → ethnicGroup → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau people
Padang → localLanguage → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau language
Padang → ethnicGroup → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau people
Pekanbaru → localLanguage → Minangkabau ⓘ
Riau → hasRegionalLanguage → Minangkabau ⓘ
Riau → hasEthnicGroup → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau people
Jambi → hasEthnicGroup → Minangkabau ⓘ
Jawi script → usedForLanguage → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau language
Minangkabau Highlands → ethnicGroup → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau people
Minangkabau Highlands → culturalCenterOf → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau people
Minangkabau Highlands → historicalRegionOf → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau people
Minangkabau Highlands → language → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau language
Minangkabau Highlands → partOf → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau cultural area
sate Padang → associatedEthnicGroup → Minangkabau ⓘ
subject surface form: Sate Padang
this entity surface form: Minangkabau people
tari piring → ethnicGroupOfOrigin → Minangkabau ⓘ
subject surface form: Tari Piring
this entity surface form: Minangkabau people
tari piring → associatedWith → Minangkabau ⓘ
subject surface form: Tari Piring
this entity surface form: Minangkabau culture
Kaba Cindua Mato → language → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau language
Kaba Cindua Mato → ethnicTradition → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau people
Kaba Cindua Mato → centralTheme → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau adat
Haji Agus Salim → ethnicGroup → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau people
Buya Hamka → ethnicGroup → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau people
Buya Hamka → languageOfWorkOrName → Minangkabau ⓘ
Kerinci people → neighboringGroup → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau people
Kerinci people → historicalInfluence → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau culture
Bukittinggi → isCulturalCenterOf → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau people
Bukittinggi → languageUsed → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau language
western Indonesia → hasMajorLanguage → Minangkabau ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Indonesia
indigenous peoples of the Dutch East Indies → hasEthnicGroup → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau people
Batak languages → neighboringLanguageGroup → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau language
Payakumbuh → knownFor → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau culture
Payakumbuh → knownFor → Minangkabau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau cuisine