musi language is the first language of musi people who natively lives at the babat toman, the sungai lilin, the bayung lencir, and the sekayu districts of musi banyuasin, also in the banyuasin iii district of banyuasin regency. it is also spoken by the musi diaspora as the second language in the neighbouring regions; which covering the area of the banyuasin i, the banyuasin ii and the talang kelapa districts of banyuasin, the ulu musi district of empat lawang regency, as well as in the north musi rawas regency generally.