This article exposes meanings, functions, and contexts of Minangkabau
mamangan. Nature that inspirited the forms and social relationships on this
mamangan are also described. I/Wth antropolinguistics approach, this analysis
aims culture and language systems mapping to see the social system relevancies.
There are anomalous and deviations on the mamangan. Several
anomalous mamangan are formed fiom physical phenomenon and
the deviations can be seen on diversion of form and meaning. So,
mamangan junctions and meanings can be explained from the context.