Front Matter

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Preface
- P. E. de Josselin de Jong
Pages 1-2
Introduction
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Pages 3-6
Preliminary Survey
- P. E. de Josselin de Jong
Pages 7-15
Consideration of Some Previous Works on Minangkabau and Negri Sembilan
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Pages 16-34
Theory
- P. E. de Josselin de Jong
Pages 35-44
Minangkabau Social Organisation
- P. E. de Josselin de Jong
Pages 45-96
Minangkabau Political Organisation
- P. E. de Josselin de Jong
Pages 97-116
Modern Trends in Minangkabau
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Pages 117-121
Social Organisation in Negri Sembilan
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Pages 122-150
Political Organisation in Negri Sembilan
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Pages 151-163
Modern Trends in Negri Sembilan
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Pages 164-167
Comparison
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Pages 168-181
Summary, and Some Wider Implications
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Pages 182-213
Supplementary Notes
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Pages 214-231
Erratum to: Preface
- P. E. de Josselin de Jong
Pages 232-232
Erratum to: Preliminary Survey
- P. E. de Josselin de Jong
Pages 232-232
Erratum to: Minangkabau Political Organisation
- P. E. de Josselin de Jong
Pages 232-232
Erratum to: Theory
- P. E. de Josselin de Jong
Pages 232-232
Erratum to: Social Organisation in Negri Sembilan
- P. E. de Josselin de Jong
Pages 232-232

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As soon as one has to decide on a system of transliteration for the languages spoken in Minangkabau and Negri Sembilan, one is faced by peculiar difficulties. In the first place, one has the choice between adopting the Dutch system, the Indonesian (which is derived from it), the British or a scientifically satisfactory one. Then, should one spell the Minangkabau words according to their pronunciation, or in their Malaicised form, as the Minangkahau themselves do, ,at least when writing in Arabic characters? Further there is the difficulty that we do not really know what the language of Negri Sembilan is like ; from the scattered data one gets the impression that it should rather be considered a form of Minangkabau than a form of Malay, but European writers on this State have diligently "corrected" the native words and expressions, giving them, as much as possible, a Malay appearance. After some hesitation we adopted the following principles of trans literation : A. We shall spell the Minangkabau words in accordance with their pronunciation, as is customary when Minangkabau texts are published in their Romanised form. B. Negri Sembilan words will be given in their Malay form, al though there is reason to suppose that in the actual spoken language these words may differ quite considerably from the way they have been rendered here. C. For both the Sumatran and the Peninsular words we shall follow the official spelling of the Indonesian Republic.

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Book Title: Minangkabau and Negri Sembilan
Book Subtitle: Socio-Political Structure in Indonesia
Authors: P. E. Josselin de Jong
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8198-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Uitgeverij, Lange Voorhout 9–11, Den Haag 1980
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-8200-0Published: 13 October 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-8198-0Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 232
Topics: Anthropology

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Front Matter