In everyday communication between Minangkabau people of different regions, the Agam-Tanah Datar dialect (Baso Padang or Baso Urang Awak "our language") is often used and has become a kind of standard.
Na comunicación diaria entre os minangkabau de diferentes rexioóns, o dialecto Agam-Tanah Datar (Baso Padang ou Baso Urang Awak, «a lingua do noso pobo») é empregada acotío e converteuse nunha sorte de lingua estándar.