Minangkabau Languange

The Minangkabau language is spoken by people in West Sumatra. There is approximately 6,500,000 people in the world who speak this language with different dialects. In general, the differences of dialect is based on the Minangkabau land that is separated into two areas. First, the coastal area, called pesisir or daerah rantau, such as Padang and Pesisir Selatan. Second, highland area which is divided into three areas called luhak, such as Luhak Agam; including Bukittinggi, Maninjau, Lubuk Basung, Luhak Tanah Data; including Batusangka, Padang Panjang, Singkarak, Kayutanam, and Luhak 50 Kota; including Payakumbuh. Furthermore in southern West Sumatra areas, there are different dialects namely Solok, Sulit Air and Sawahlunto Sijunjung. Even though the different areas have different dialects, nowadays most of them use Padang dialects. This dialect was called also Baso Padang. This dialects is used often by many people that come from different areas in West Sumatra. In this page, I have documented 30 Minangkabau words with sound, and their English translations. They can be seen below.

No.	Minangkabau	English	Bahasa
1	Muluik	Mouth	Mulut
2	Paruik	Stomach	Perut
3	Abuak, rambuik	Hair	Rambut
4	Kapalo	Head	Kepala
5	Daguak	Chin	Dagu
6	Jangguik	Beard	Janggut
7	Pusek	Navel	Pusar
8	Talingo	Ear	Telinga
9	Pangka Langan	Upper arm	Lengan atas
10	Lihia	Neck	Leher
11	Pungguang	Back	Punggung
12	Ciek	One	satu
13	Duo	Two	Dua
14	Tigo	Three	Tiga
15	Ampek	Four	Empat
16	Galak	Laugh	Tertawa
17	Gampo bumi	Earthquake	Gempa bumi
18	Kapatang	Yesterday	Kemaren
19	Sampik	Narrow	Sempit
20	Laweh	Wide	Luas
21	Padusi (sg.pl)	Woman	Perempuan, Wanita
22	Bara Banyak	How Many	Berapa jumlahnya
23	Mamak	Uncle	Paman, Om
24	upiak	Girl	Gadis
26	Etek	Aunt	Bibi, Tante
27	Mande	Girl	Gadis
28	Paluah	Sweat	Keringat
29	Kida	Left	Kiri
30	Suok	Right	Kanan