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Musi also known as Palembang and Sekayu is a Malay language spoken by about 3 million residents of the Palembang metropolitan area (the capital of South Sumatra Indonesia) and the surrounding area. In recent times the Palembang language has become a lingua franca in South Sumatra province although South Sumatra also has other regional languages and dialects. Palembang is highly influenced by Javanese because the first speakers came from Demak Central Java in 18th century.