Alternate Names: Bengkulu, Besemah, Enim, Lintang, Midden Maleisch, Ogan, Pasemah, Semendo, Serawai
Dialects: Benakat, Bengkulu, Enim, Kikim, Kisam, Lematang Ulu, Lintang, Ogan, Pasemah, Rambang, Semenda, Serawai. Lexical similarity: 75% with Kaur ,, 80% between Pekal , and some dialects such as Pasemah and Bengkulu. A member of macrolanguage Malay ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 590,000 (2000 census).
Language Use: Vigorous. Home, village, commerce, religion. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Indonesian [ind], Musi [mui].
Language Development: Indonesian [ind] preferred for educational and religious materials, but L1 for cultural stories and songs. Mixed preference for health and agricultural materials. Not currently used as a written language in most dialects. Taught in primary schools. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1995.
Nation of Origin: Indonesia
Other Comments: Muslim.