Batin people

The Batin or Batin Sembilan are a sub-group of Malay people that inhabits the interior parts of Jambi province.

There are approximately 72,000 Batin living in the interior of south-central Sumatra. They speak a dialect of the Jambi variant of Malay, but the accent is similar to Minangkabau language.

The Batin are Muslim, but have a matrilineal kinship system, which is similar to Minangkabau than to Jambi Malays.

References

Further reading

• 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;