Musi languages

Musi
Musi
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Bengkulu; South Sumatra
Native speakers	4,008,000 (2020)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Malayo-Chamic Malayic Musi; ; ; ;
Dialects	Palembang-Lowland Belide; Palembang Palembang Lama; Palembang Pasar; Pesisir; ; Penesak; Lematang Ilir; ; Upper Musi Col/Lembak; Musi; Pegagan; Rawas; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mui
Glottolog	musi1243
	The distribution of Musi lects across southern Sumatra.

The Musi languages consists of a collection of closely related Malayic varieties spoken in the eastern and northern regions of South Sumatra, as well as parts of Bengkulu. The Musi languages has a relatively high degree of mutual intelligibility, despite its speakers not sharing a unified ethnic identity. Generally, speakers of Malayic varieties in this area refer to their language (in Indonesian) as bahasa 'language' + [name of region/river/ethnic group], regardless of whether it is classified linguistically as an independent language or a dialect.