Baso Pelembang
Musi
Austronesian
Musi (Palembang Malay, autonymously Baso Pelembang) is a Malay variety of the Austronesian family, spoken by around 3.1 million people in the South Sumatra region of Indonesia, primarily centered on Palembang city. Palembang was the historical capital of the Srivijaya Empire (7th-13th centuries CE), one of the earliest major Hindu-Buddhist Malay states of Southeast Asia, and the Musi language continues to be a major lingua franca of South Sumatra to the present day. Linguistically, Musi is part of the Malayic continuum but with distinctive South Sumatran phonological features (such as final-syllable -a → -o, e.g., apa → apo "what") and significant lexical differences from Standard Indonesian/Malay. The Palembang Sultanate (1659-1825) provided continued cultural support for Musi.
Where it is spoken
20 core words in Musi
Water
ayek
/ajek/
Fire
api
/api/
Sun
matahari
/matahari/
Moon
bulan
/bulan/
Mother
mak
/mak/
Father
bapak
/bapak/
Eat
makan
/makan/
Drink
minum
/minum/
Love
sayang
/sajaŋ/
Heart
hati
/hati/
Tree
kayu
/kaju/
House
rumah
/rumah/
Dog
anjing
/andʒiŋ/
Cat
kucing
/kutʃiŋ/
Hand
tangan
/taŋan/
Eye
mato
/mato/
Hello
halo
/halo/
Thank you
terimo kasih
/terimo kasih/
One
siko
/siko/
Good
bagus
/baɡus/
Sources
Words compared
Compared with related Austronesian languages
| Meaning | Musi | Old Malay | Ambon Malay | Banjar | Malay | Indonesian | Minangkabau |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | ayek /ajek/ | ayar /ajar/ | aer /aer/ | banyu /baɲu/ | air /ˈa.ir/ | air /ˈa.ir/ | aia /aia/ |
| Fire | api /api/ | api /api/ | api /api/ | api /api/ | api /api/ | api /api/ | api /api/ |
| Sun | matahari /matahari/ | matari /matari/ | mata hari /mata hari/ | matahari /matahari/ | matahari /matahari/ | matahari /matahari/ | matoari /matoaɾi/ |
| Moon | bulan /bulan/ | bulan /bulan/ | bulan /bulan/ | bulan /bulan/ | bulan /bulan/ | bulan /bulan/ | bulan /bulan/ |
| Mother | mak /mak/ | ibu /ibu/ | mama /mama/ | uma /uma/ | ibu /ibu/ | ibu /ibu/ | amak /amaʔ/ |
| Father | bapak /bapak/ | bapa /bapa/ | papa /papa/ | abah /abah/ | ayah /ajah/ | ayah /ajah/ | abak /abaʔ/ |
| Eat | makan /makan/ | makan /makan/ | makang /makaŋ/ | makan /makan/ | makan /makan/ | makan /makan/ | makan /makan/ |
| Drink | minum /minum/ | minum /minum/ | minong /minoŋ/ | nginum /ŋinum/ | minum /minum/ | minum /minum/ | minum /minum/ |
| Love | sayang /sajaŋ/ | sayang /sajaŋ/ | sayang /sajaŋ/ | sayang /sajaŋ/ | cinta /tʃinta/ | cinta /tʃinta/ | cinto /tʃinto/ |
| Heart | hati /hati/ | hati /hati/ | hati /hati/ | ati /ati/ | hati /hati/ | hati /hati/ | ati /ati/ |
| Tree | kayu /kaju/ | kayu /kaju/ | pohon /pohon/ | batang /bataŋ/ | pokok /pokoʔ/ | pohon /pohon/ | kayu /kaju/ |
| House | rumah /rumah/ | rumah /rumah/ | ruma /ruma/ | rumah /rumah/ | rumah /rumah/ | rumah /rumah/ | rumah /ɾumah/ |
| Dog | anjing /andʒiŋ/ | anjing /andʒiŋ/ | anjing /andʒiŋ/ | anjing /andʒiŋ/ | anjing /andʒiŋ/ | anjing /andʒiŋ/ | anjiang /aɲdʒiaŋ/ |
| Cat | kucing /kutʃiŋ/ | kucing /kutʃiŋ/ | kucing /kutʃiŋ/ | pusa /pusa/ | kucing /kutʃiŋ/ | kucing /kutʃiŋ/ | kuciang /kutʃiaŋ/ |
| Hand | tangan /taŋan/ | tangan /taŋan/ | tangang /taŋaŋ/ | tangan /taŋan/ | tangan /taŋan/ | tangan /taŋan/ | tangan /taŋan/ |
| Eye | mato /mato/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | mato /mato/ |
| Hello | halo /halo/ | — /—/ | hela /hela/ | salam /salam/ | hai /hai/ | halo /ˈhalo/ | salam /salam/ |
| Thank you | terimo kasih /terimo kasih/ | — /—/ | tarima kase /tarima kase/ | tarima kasih /tarima kasih/ | terima kasih /tərima kasih/ | terima kasih /tərima kasih/ | tarimo kasiah /taɾimo kasiah/ |
| One | siko /siko/ | sa /sa/ | satu /satu/ | asa /asa/ | satu /satu/ | satu /satu/ | ciek /tʃieʔ/ |
| Good | bagus /baɡus/ | baik /baik/ | bagus /baɡus/ | bagus /baɡus/ | baik /baiʔ/ | baik /baiʔ/ | rancak /ɾantʃaʔ/ |
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