Palembang people
The Palembang or Palembangese people (Malay: Melayu Palembang; Javanese: wong Palembang; Jawi: ملايو ڤلامبڠ) are a sub-ethnic group of Malays that inhabits the interior parts of South Sumatra province, Indonesia.
 A Palembang girl on Gending Sriwijaya festival | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 3,800,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Indonesia (South Sumatra) | |
| Languages | |
| Palembang, Malay, Indonesian | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Malays, Javanese |
There are approximately 3,800,000 Palembangese[1] living in Indonesia.[2][3] 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.[4]
References
- "Palembang of Indonesia". peoplegroups.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- Sosial Budaya Kota Palembang Dari Turun Temurun
- Indonesia's Population: Ethnicity and Religion in a Changing Political Landscape. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 2003. ISBN 9812302123.
- 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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