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Minangkabau

Минангкабау · Q1130350

language area per Glottologcensus counts
6,462,713
Indonesia, census 2010 (national and/or ethnic group, UN)
Austronesian
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in Indonesia: 6,462,713 people in the 2010 census.

Main language: Minangkabau. Glottolog classifies it in the Austronesian family.

Where they live: census figures

Each figure comes from the country's official census. Censuses define belonging differently (self-identification, citizenship, mother tongue, ancestry); the type is given on each row.

Indonesia2010 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Minangkabau» · [1]
6,462,713

Languages and their lineage

Minangkabau

  1. Austronesianaust1307
  2. Malayo-Polynesianmala1545
  3. Malayo-Chamicmala1554
  4. Malayicmala1538
  5. Nuclear Malayicnucl1806
  6. Northern Sumatra Malaynort3388
  7. Kerinci-Minangkabaukeri1253
  8. Minangkabauicmina1280
  9. Minangkabaumina1268

English

  1. Indo-Europeanindo1319
  2. Classical Indo-Europeanclas1257
  3. Germanicgerm1287
  4. Northwest Germanicnort3152
  5. West Germanicwest2793
  6. North Sea Germanicnort3175
  7. Anglo-Frisianangl1264
  8. Anglicangl1265
  9. Later Angliclate1254
  10. Middle-Modern Englishmerc1242
  11. Macro-Englishmacr1271
  12. Englishstan1293

Kerinci

  1. Austronesianaust1307
  2. Malayo-Polynesianmala1545
  3. Malayo-Chamicmala1554
  4. Malayicmala1538
  5. Nuclear Malayicnucl1806
  6. Northern Sumatra Malaynort3388
  7. Kerinci-Minangkabaukeri1253
  8. Kerincikeri1250

Javanese

  1. Austronesianaust1307
  2. Malayo-Polynesianmala1545
  3. Javanesicjava1253
  4. Modern Javanesemode1251
  5. Global Javaneseglob1245
  6. Javanesejava1254

People-to-language links: Wikidata (properties P103 and P2936), checked against ISO 639-3 codes. Language classification: Glottolog 5.3.

Peoples of the same language family

JavaneseSundaneseTagalog (Filipinos)MalaysBanjarBetawi peopleChamsChamorro peopleSamoansCarolinian people

Sources

  1. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Indonesia, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  2. Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M., Bank S. (2026). Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. glottolog.org (CC BY 4.0)