The Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands languages are a group of Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken by the Batak and related peoples of interior North Sumatra, and by the Nias, Mentawai and other peoples of the Barrier Islands off Sumatra's western coast, Indonesia.
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RegionInterior North Sumatra and the Barrier Islands off western Sumatra, Indonesia 1 Sources
1. Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands languages, Wikipedia
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and by the Nias, Mentawai people, and others on the Barrier islands (Simeulue, Nias, and Mentawai Islands Regency) off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
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