Toba Batak language
Austronesian language spoken in North Sumatra province in Indonesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Toba Batak (/ˈtoʊbə ˈbætək/[2]) is an Austronesian language spoken in North Sumatra province in Indonesia. It is part of a group of languages called Batak. There are approximately 1,610,000 Toba Batak speakers, living to the east, west and south of Lake Toba. Historically it was written using the Batak script, but the Latin script is now used for most writing.
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Toba Batak | |
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Hata Batak Toba ᯂᯖ ᯅᯖᯂ᯲ ᯖᯬᯅ | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Samosir Island (2° 30′ N, 99°), and to the east, south, and west of Toba Lake in north Sumatra. |
Ethnicity | |
Native speakers | 1,610,000 (2010 census)[1] |
Austronesian
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Latin, Batak alphabet | |
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ISO 639-3 | bbc |
Glottolog | bata1289 |
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