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
RegionNorth Sumatra, Indonesia, and surrounding areas 2 Speaker Count Proto-Language StatusReconstructed, Proto-Batak sound system reconstructed by Adelaar, 1981 2 Browse and compare
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Descends From
Batak is a branch of the western Malayo-Polynesian languages of Sumatra.
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Source Wikidata: Batak
Sources
1. Glottolog: Batakic - Glottolog
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"category": "Family"
2. 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).
Infobox: protoname
Proto-Batak
View the Source3. Glottolog: Batak - Glottolog
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"level": "language"
Wikidata: Batak
Wikidata Q1998595, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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