Musi, also known as Palembang and Sekayu, is a Malay language

Malay languages

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 spoken by about 1.4 million residents of the Palembang

Palembang

Palembang is the capital city of the South Sumatra province in Indonesia. Palembang is one of the oldest cities in Indonesia, and has a history of being a capital of a maritime empire. Located on the Musi River banks on the east coast of southern Sumatra island, it has an area of 400.61 square...

 metropolitan area

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, Palembang being the capital of South Sumatra

South Sumatra

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, Indonesia

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, and has about 2.5 million additional speakers in the surrounding area. In recent times, the Palembang language has become a lingua franca

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in South Sumatra province , although South Sumatra also has other regional languages and dialects. Palembang is highly influenced by Javanese

Javanese language

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, because the first speakers came from Demak

Demak, Indonesia

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, Central Java

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in 18th century.

Comparison with Standard Malay

Palembang	Standard Malay / Indonesian	English
apo	apa	what
dio	dia	she
mato	mata	eye
kecik	kecil	small
besak	besar	big
ambik	ambil	take
telok	telur	egg
ikok	ekor	tail
anget	hangat	warm
lengen	lengan	arm
ngenjuk	hunjuk / unjuk	give
idak	tidak	no
ari	hari	day
jiron	jiran	neighbor

Words similar with Javanese

Palembang	Javanese	Standard Malay / Indonesian	English
wong	wong	orang	people
melok	melu	ikut	follow
dewek	dhewe	sendiri	alone
lawang	lawang	pintu	door
lanang	lanang	lelaki	male
selawe	selawe	dua puluh lima	twenty five
jero	jero	dalam	inside
iwak	iwak	ikan	fish
banyu	banyu	air	water
dulur	dulur	saudara	siblings, relatives
metu	metu	keluar	go out
abang	abang	merah	red

Original words (unknown source)

Palembang	Standard Malay / Indonesian	English
pacak	bisa, boleh	can
pecak, cak	macam, seperti	looks like
galak	mahu, mau	want to
parak	dekat	near, close
katek	tidak ada	none, nothing
kagek	nanti	later
kanji	genit	vain
tujah	tikam	stab someone
singit	sembunyi	hide
alep	cantik	beautiful
baseng	terserah	up to you
goco	pukul	hit
terajang	hantam	hit hardly
campak	jatuh	fall
lokak	peluang	opportunity