Thread:Project:Translator/ plm Palembang – Palembang/reply (5)

Thanks for your reply. Musi is not considered a language here, it's an area with different languages and dialects. Therefore some linguists use Musi as name for a language family. Others proposed that these are the same languages. I'll try to get the report that led to the merging of these languages in Ethnologue 16th edition (15th edition still had them separated, with plm existing). In the 16th edition you see 'Alternate names: Sekayu, Palembang'. Actually these are the main languages in the Musi area. Sekayu speakers usually understand and speak Palembang as a second language. Palembang speakers do not use Sekayu and have a limited understanding. We discuss with the editor whether plm could become a separate language again.