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	Minangkabau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Minangkabau ethnic group is indigenous to the highlands of West Sumatra, in Indonesia.
		The Minangkabau are strongly Islamic and also follow their ethnic traditions, or adat.
		The Minangkabau language shares many similar words with Malay, yet a distinctive pronunciation and some grammatical differences render it unintelligible to Malay speakers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minangkabau (602 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Language (Men-Mis) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mina (Hina, Besleri) is a Chadic language spoken in Cameroon.
		Minangkabau is a Malayan language spoken in Sumatra, Indonesia.
		Mingang Doso is an Adamawa language spoken in Nigeria.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /WMF.HTM (798 words)

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	Minangkabau language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Minangkabau language (Indonesian: Bahasa Minangkabau, Minangkabau: Baso Minang(kabau)) is a Austronesian language, spoken by the Minangkabau-people of West Sumatra, in the western part of Riau and in several cities throughout Indonesia by migrated Minangkabau, who often trade or have a restaurant.
		Due to great grammatical similarities between the Minangkabau language and Malay, there is some controversy regarding the relationship between the two.
		The language is also a lingua franca along the western coastal region of the province of North Sumatra, and is even used in parts of Aceh, where the language is called Aneuk Jamee.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minangkabau_language (297 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : On Culture's Loom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Since they had no written language before the 16th century, the Minangkabau's record of their own history is oral, and their origins are shrouded in mystery embellished with speculation.
		As Minangkabau society prospered and expanded, its beliefs and rules of acceptable social conduct became refined and codified into a system known as adat, or customary law, an important element in the codes of conduct of most Indonesian ethnic groups.
		The Minangkabau have translated the majesty and sweep of these vistas to the roofs of their traditional houses, to women's headdresses, and to splendid processions that frame their major ceremonies.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/199104/on.culture.s.loom.htm (2638 words)

	Jakarta 2000 tabs: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Analysis of two languages in one social setting/context must ignore the question about the autonomy of each language in question because no matter how far the distance (abstand) between the two languages, they can still mix in actual usage: that is, the two language still submit to one regulating principle which I shall term "normalcy".
		The Dialects of Minangkabau Language in Riau Province
		Minangkabau language is the native language of the Minangkabau people who mainly live in area which is known as West Sumatera, a province in the island of Sumatera, Indonesia.
	www.ling.udel.edu /pcole/MalayIndonesian4/Jakarta_Abstract_Booklet.htm (6151 words)

	Madagascar - Language
		Both Malagasy and Maanyan bear a close affinity with the languages of the western Indonesian archipelago, such as Malay, Javanese, Balinese, and the Minangkabau language of Sumatra.
		The origins of the Malagasy language in southeast Asia are clearly demonstrated by common words and meanings shared with several of the Indonesian languages.
		Malagachization further entailed the creation of a common Malagasy language that partook of dialects from all the regions and peoples of the island rather than being primarily a Merina dialect, as remains the case with official Malagasy today.
	countrystudies.us /madagascar/16.htm (510 words)

	The U of MT -- Mansfield Library LangFing Malayan, pt. 3
		You have reached the third page of Malayan languages, which is just one part of the "Language Finger" homepage, which is an index by language to the holdings of the Mansfield Library of The University of Montana.
		Bahasa Indonesia is essentially the same language as Malay, except that the former is spoken in Indonesia and differs in spelling.
		The Visayan languages belong to the Malayan sub-branch of the Austronesian branch of the Austric family of languages.
	www.lib.umt.edu /guide/lang/malayn3h.htm (1331 words)

	Minangkabau - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Minangkabau tribe is indigenous to the highlands of West Sumatra, in Indonesia.
		Their culture is matrilineal, with property and land passing down from mother to daughter, while business, religious, and political affairs are the province of men (although some women also play important roles in these areas).
		The Minangkabau are strongly Islamic and also follow their tribal traditions, or adat.
	www.free-definition.com /Minang.html (589 words)

	THE TWO
		Simpanse’s raso or Genie’s raso are unknown in Minangkabau’s language.
		According to Minangkabau philosohy, the result of raso and pareso is called as "tahu di" or in English understand/knowledge/science.
		In Minangkabau society, no one is willing to be named as a man who has no adat (philosophy) or doesn’t know about nan Empat (the Four) because his behavior is compared with four footed animal.
	members.tripod.com /raso_pareso/english.html (2873 words)

	Indonesia - Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Austronesian is a family of agglutinative languages spoken in the area bounded by Madagascar in the western Indian Ocean and Easter Island in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
		In the early 1990s, it was primarily the language of government bureaucracy, schools, national print and electronic media, and interethnic communication.
		In many provinces, it was the language of communication between Chinese shopkeepers and their non-Chinese patrons.
	countrystudies.us /indonesia/42.htm (392 words)

	Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This name is long-believed to be derived from their traditional bound with the Minangkabau people in West Sumatra, Indonesia.
		Even today, the Malay language spoken by the people in Negeri Sembilan is slightly different (both pronounciation and vocabulary) to that of other Malay people in both Malaysia and Indonesia...
		After all, the sultan of Negeri Sembilan is still a Minang with a Minangkabau heritage running in his blood and family...
	flagquest.com /FOTW/flags/my-neger.html (595 words)

	General Information & Preliminary Issues
		They all speak dialectical variants of the language indigenous to the Mentawai Islands, with most speaking the Indonesian national language and a minority the Minangkabau language.
		The indigenous language dialects are spoken in North Siberut, South Siberut, Sipora, and the Pagai Islands.
		Immigrants include people from North Sumatra (Batak), West Sumatra (Minangkabau) who represent the bulk of the non-indigenous population, and Javanese, along with representatives at one time or another of most of the other ethnic groups in Indonesia as well as the odd Euroamerican residing in a professional capacity (missionary, research, social/humanitarian aid).
	www.asian.gu.edu.au /mentawai/gipi.htm (1243 words)

	The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Minangkabau are the fourth largest ethnic group in Indonesia.
		Minangkabau origins were heavily influenced by Hinduism and date back to around 200 AD.
		Their native language, Minangkabau, is distinct, yet related to the language of the Malay and similar to Indonesian.
	www.ksafe.com /profiles/p_code/1541.html (747 words)

	Eggi's Village: Introduction
		Such questions inspired me to begin anthropological fieldwork among the Minangkabau who refer to their social system by the term "matriarchate." The fourth largest of Indonesia's many ethnic groups, the Minangkabau are known to anthropologists as the largest and most modern matrilineal society in the world today.
		The Minangkabau speak a dialect of Malay which formed the basis for the national language of Indonesia and which some linguists argue is the parent language of modern Malay.
		The Minangkabau are famous in Indonesia and Malaysia for their matrilineal social system in which all ancestral property is inherited by women.
	www.sas.upenn.edu /~psanday/eggi2.html (600 words)

	April-May 1991
		Over four million Minangkabau people live in the mountainous and agriculturally fertile province of West Sumatra on the island of Sumatra in the country of Indonesia, the fifth largest nation in the world.
		The Minangkabau speak their own distinct language, and have their own artistic, musical, and literary traditions.
		Minangkabau culture and religion is a complex blend of Islam and their own matrilineal and animistic traditions.
	www.missionfrontiers.org /1991/0405/am913.htm (303 words)

	Ethnologue 14 report for language code:ZMI
		NEGERI SEMBILAN MALAY: a language of Malaysia (Peninsular)
		The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
		People call themselves 'Orang Negeri' or use their district name, and call Minangkabau immigrants, who have come during the last 60 to 80 years, 'Minang.' Sunni Muslim.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=ZMI (82 words)

	Malaysia 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The second is "colloquial Arabic," the informal spoken language which varies by dialect from region to region.
		The Bisayan culture and language are quite similar to that of the Sabah Dusun and related groups in Brunei and Sarawak.
		The Bisayan language, Basaya, is a part of the North Indonesian branch of the Austronesian language family.
	www.acts.edu /oldmissions/Malayhist2.html (9521 words)

	Resources: Languages & Translators (r)
		of Achinese and Gayo, spoken in northern Sumatra; the Batak languages
		It was the native language of the Malay
		Indonesian Language Congress was held in Solo for the purpose of
	www.hamline.edu /apakabar/basisdata/1996/09/14/0081.html (666 words)

	Malay language -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The subbranch consists of three languages spoken in southern and central Malaysia: Betise' (previously known as Mah Meri, or Besisi), Semelai, and Semaq Beri.
		The main languages, Semai and Temiar, are spoken in the Main Range of the Malay Peninsula.
		Indonesia developed an official national language because of the great variety of tongues spoken in the country.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9050292 (858 words)

	AAS Abstracts: South East Asia Session 167 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Focusing on a 1992 seminar on "village development" in West Sumatra, I discuss how elite, Jakarta dwelling Minangkabau intellectuals use the rhetoric of "village" in their plans for regional economic and cultural development.
		This paper examines how Indonesians from different parts of the archipelago express an interest in "the international language" and why they share a desire to learn spoken English.
		This is part of a larger project to investigate the effects of transnational language in Southeast Asia and what relations are anticipated beyond the borders of the nation.
	www.aasianst.org /absts/1995abst/seasia/sease167.htm (552 words)

	LANGUAGES-ON-THE-WEB: BEST MINANGKABAU LINKS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Minangkabau -- West Sumatra The Situation of The Minangkabau in West Sumatra A. Spiritual Geography The Minang are the m
		MINANGKABAU INDONESIA - Sumatra These profiles can be freely distributed but cannot be sold or used for profit.
		INDONESIA HANDBOOK By Bill Dalton (Excerpted from Moon's sixth edition of Indonesia Handbook) THE MINANGKABAU OF WEST SUMATRA Adjacent to Batak territory in West Sumatra is the land of the Minangkabau people, remarkable for their unique matrilineal.
	www.languages-on-the-web.com /links/link-minangkabau.htm (560 words)

	VA\|AVMI Suryadi page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He gained his doktorandus degree in 1991 with a study of a Minangkabau narrative song, dendang Pauah (the song of Pauah) on the outskirts of Padang.
		He is now a visiting lecturer in Indonesian language at the Department of Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia and Oceania, Universiteit Leiden (September 1998-...).
		"Rabab Pariaman: Satu ragam seni bercerita di pesisir barat Minangkabau" [Rabab Pariaman: an oral narative genre in coastal Minangkabau].
	iias.leidenuniv.nl /host/va-avmi/suryadi.html (394 words)

	VA\|AVMI T. Birks page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The main areas of research will be in the broadest sense concerned with Minangkabau radio broadcasting and its relevance to questions of Minangkabau identity, both in the diaspora and at home.
		By looking at the content of the broadcasts and the use of language, the broadcasters and the audience, the study will explore the ways in which Minangkabau identity is expressed, discussed and promoted through the medium of radio.
		The study will be comparative, both in terms of looking at Minangkabau broadcasting at home and at the broadcast of other regional languages in Jakarta (Betawi, Javanese, Sundanese).
	iias.leidenuniv.nl /host/va-avmi/birks3.html (231 words)

	The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The tribal name Minangkabau may be based on a myth that tells of the tribe's victory in a fight between two water buffaloes.
		A unique aspect of Minangkabau culture is that their society is matrilineal.
		Over the years, the Minangkabau have migrated to cities and towns in pursuit of business or labor.
	www.ksafe.com /profiles/p_code2/876.html (737 words)

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	www.ltrac.com /atg/VendorRegistrationform.cfm (253 words)

	Who are the Minangkabau? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The 9 million Minangkabau are the fourth largest ethnic group in Indonesia, and are an influential and widely distributed indigenous minority.
		In addition to the national language of Indonesian, they speak their own language, and have their own artistic, musical, and literary traditions.
		They are known throughout Indonesia for their success in business, their hot spicy food and their cultural pride.
	www.peopleteams.org /minang/whoare.htm (120 words)

	International Vernacular Architecture Unit (IVAU) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Latter, R (2002): Map or Mosaic: Cultural Boundaries as Conveyed By Language Not Drawn With Lines.
		A family affair: The construction of vernacular Minangkabau houses.
		Sustainable architecture in an age of gentle apocalypse.
	www.brookes.ac.uk /schools/be/oisd/act/ivau/! (485 words)

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	World Christian Video Directory - Minangkabau Christian Videos
		The addresses of where you may buy a video in the Minangkabau language are with the list of addresses of the producers and distributors.
		The Minangkabau: Finding True Peace is a dramatisation of the Prodigal Son parable in the Minang language shot in scenic West Sumatra.
		On their web page, it has a list of all the languages available for the "Jesus" video.
	www.christianvideos.org /minangkaban_videos.html (117 words)

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