Dialects: None known. Related to Minangkabau , with Rejang influences ,. A member of macrolanguage Malay ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 30,000 (2000 census).
Language Use: Vigorous. Home, village. All ages. Positive attitudes. Use Indonesian [ind] for civics and religion.
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: Indonesia
Other Comments: See themselves as Malay culturally and linguistically, not Minangkabau ,, though Pekal has Minangkabau influences. Neither Minangkabau nor Malay readily understand Pekal, due to lexical and phonological distinctiveness. Muslim.