Talk:Indonesian names

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[edit] Add Minangkabau

I added a little background information and made one substantive addition to refer to the Minangkabau. Other than that, the page did what is was supposed to do.

David91

Hi David91. I tend to disagree with you on that Minangkabau matronymic names. Although they have a matrilineal society, they do not have matronymic names. They have clan names, such as Chaniago, Piliang, Gucci etc., and some family names (usually based on their male forefather names or aliases), such as Salim, Nazar, Djambek, Hasan, etc. Or perhaps you could give us a few examples of the matronymic names? (Coz I could be wrong). Thanks mate.

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