Batin

Total population
70,000 (1998) 72,000 (2005)
Regions with significant populations
Jambi Province, Sumatra
Languages
Jambi Malay
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Jambi and Kerinci

The Batin are a Malay people in Jambi province in the interior of the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.^{[citation needed]}

There are approximately 72,000 Batin living in the interior of south-central Sumatra. They speak a dialect of the Jambi variant of Malay.^[1]

The Batin are predominately Muslim, but have a matrilineal kinship system.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Ethnologue report for "Malay, Jambi"

[edit] References

• Nuh, M. Imran (2000) Budaya masyarakat suku bangsa Batin di Kabupaten Bungo Tebo, Propinsi Jambi Proyek Pengkajian dan Pembinaan Nilai-Nilai Budaya Daerah, Direktorat Sejarah dan Nilai Tradisional, Direktorat Jenderal Kebudayaan, Jakarta;

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