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Minangkabau people

For other purposes, see Minangkabau (disambiguation).
Minangkabau
bangso Minangkabau
منڠكبو
A Minangkabau bride and groom. The bride is wearing a Suntiang crown.
Total population
c. 8 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
Indonesia6,462,713[2]
         West Sumatra4,281,439
         Riau624,145
         North Sumatra345,403
         Jakarta305,538
         West Java202,203
         Jambi168,947
         Riau Islands156,770
 Malaysia1,000,000[3] (counted as part of the local "Malays")[4]
 Singapore15,720[citation needed] (counted as part of the local "Malays")
 Netherlands7,490
Languages
Predominantly
Minangkabau • Indonesian
Also
Other Malay varieties incl. Malaysian • Kerinci
Religion
Sunni Islam[5]
Related ethnic groups
a According to customary law ( Adat ), all Minangkabau people are Muslim

Minangkabau people (Minangkabau: bangso Minangkabau; urang Minangkabau; urang awak)[6] are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the Minangkabau Highlands of Western Sumatra region on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The Minangkabau's West Sumatera homelands was the seat of the Pagaruyung Kingdom,[7] believed by early historians to have been the cradle of the Malay race,[8] and the location of the Padri War (1821 to 1837).

Minangkabau are the ethnic majority in West Sumatra and Negeri Sembilan. Minangkabau are also a recognised minority in other parts of Indonesia as well as Malaysia, Singapore, and the Netherlands.

  1. ^ Minangkabau people Archived 5 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2015 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
  2. ^ Kewarganegaraan, Suku Bangsa, Agama dan Bahasa Sehari-hari Penduduk Indonesia Hasil Sensus Penduduk 2010 (PDF). Badan Pusat Statistik. 2011. ISBN 9789790644175. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Minangkabau in Malaysia". Joshua Project. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Population Table". OpenDOSM. Department of Statistics Malaysia. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Blackwood2000 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Alam, Sutan Gagar (6 July 1856). "Collective volume with texts in Malay, Minangkabau, Arabic script (1-2) Subtitle No. 61. Oendang oendang adat Lembaga : Tambo Minangkabau; and other texts Or. 12.182". Sakolah Malayu. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  7. ^ Miksic, John (2004), From megaliths to tombstones: the transition from pre-history to early Islamic period in highland West Sumatra
  8. ^ Reid, Anthony (2001). "Understanding Melayu (Malay) as a Source of Diverse Modern Identities". Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 32 (3): 295–313. doi:10.1017/S0022463401000157. PMID 19192500. S2CID 38870744.

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