Batak
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subgroup of the Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands branch
Key facts
- Geographic distribution
- Sumatra , Indonesia
- Ethnicity
- Batak
- Native speakers
- 3.3 million (2010 census)
- Linguistic classification
- Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands Batak
- Proto language
- Proto-Batak
- Subdivisions
- Northern Batak Southern Batak
- Iso 639 2 5
- btk
- Glottolog
- toba1265 (Batakic)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Batak languages (/ˈbatək/ BAT-ək) are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages spoken by the Batak people in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra and surrounding areas.
Internal classification
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