Batin people
The Batin are a sub-group of Malay people that inhabits the interior parts of Jambi province
There are approximately 72,000 Batin living in the interior of south-central Sumatra. They speak a dialect of the Jambi variant of Malay, but the accent is similar to Minangkabau language.
The Batin are predominantly Muslim, but have a matrilineal kinship system, which is similar to Minangkabau than to Jambi Malays.
References
↑ Elsbeth Locher-Scholten (2004). Sumatran Sultanate and Colonial State: Jambi and the Rise of Dutch Imperialism, 1830-1907. SEAP Publications. ISBN 0-8772-7736-2.
↑ Ethnologue report for "Malay, Jambi"
↑ http://kebudayaanindonesia.net/id/culture/1248/suku-batin#.Un-uZVQW2BM
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;
