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Batak

New Guinea and Pacific Language Families

The Batak languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages spoken by the Batak people in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra and surrounding areas.

Facts
Region
North Sumatra, Indonesia, and surrounding areas 1
Speaker Count
3,300,000 1
Proto-Language Status
Reconstructed, Proto-Batak sound system reconstructed by Adelaar, 1981 1
Connections

Descends From

Batak is a branch of the western Malayo-Polynesian languages of Sumatra.

Sources
1. Batak languages, Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    spoken by the Batak people in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra and surrounding areas.
  • Infobox, speaker count field
    3.3 million (2010 census)
  • Reconstruction section
    The sound system of Proto-Batak was reconstructed by Adelaar (1981).
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