The position of the Rejang language (spoken on Sumatra in Bengkulu, and in some parts of neighboring South Sumatra) is still debated. In conservative classifications, it is treated as an isolate branch of the Malayo-Polynesian languages, and I want to advocate here that this still the safest solution in spite of several proposals to classify Rejang within mid-level subgroups of Malayo-Polynesian.
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