Mandailing Batak language
Austronesian language spoken in Sumatra, Indonesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mandailing Batak or Mandailing is an Austronesian language spoken in Sumatra, the northern island of Indonesia. It is spoken mainly in Mandailing Natal Regency, North Padang Lawas Regency, Padang Lawas Regency, and eastern parts of Labuhan Batu Regency, North Labuhan Batu Regency, South Labuhan Batu Regency and northwestern parts of Riau Province. It is written using the Latin script but historically used Batak script.
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Mandailing | |
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Saro Mandailing | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Sumatra |
Ethnicity | Mandailing |
Native speakers | 1.1 million (2000 census)[1] |
Austronesian
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Latin, Mandailing | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | btm |
Glottolog | bata1291 |
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