Batin people explained

The Batin are a sub-group of Malay people that inhabits the interior parts of Jambi province^[1]

There are approximately 72,000 Batin living in the interior of south-central Sumatra. They speak a dialect of the Jambi variant of Malay,^[2] but the accent is similar to Minangkabau language.^[3]

The Batin are predominantly Muslim, but have a matrilineal kinship system, which is similar to Minangkabau than to Jambi Malays.^[4]

References

1. Book: Elsbeth Locher-Scholten. Sumatran Sultanate and Colonial State: Jambi and the Rise of Dutch Imperialism, 1830-1907. 2004. SEAP Publications. 0-8772-7736-2.
2. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=jax Ethnologue report for "Malay, Jambi"
3. Web site: Suku Batin | Kebudayaan Indonesia - Referensi Utama Kebudayaan Indonesia . 2014-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131110171005/http://kebudayaanindonesia.net/id/culture/1248/suku-batin#.Un-uZVQW2BM . 2013-11-10 . dead .
4. Book: Elsbeth Locher-Scholten. Proyek Penelitian dan Pencatatan Kebudayaan Daerah. Adat istiadat daerah Jambi. 1977. Pusat Penelitian Sejarah dan Budaya, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan. 506883187. 153.

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;