AKB ISO 639-3
Batak Angkola
A language of Indonesia
- ISO 639
- akb
- Alternate Names
- Anakola, Angkola
- Population
- 750,000 (1991 UBS).
- Location:
- North Sumatra province: Labuhan Batu, Labuhan Batu Selatan, Padang Lawas, Padang Lawas Utara, Tapanuli Selatan, Tapanuli Tengah, and Tapanuli Utara regencies; inland from Sibolga city area south, east to Binanga, northeast toward the Strait of Malacca.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands, Batak, Southern
- Dialects
- None known. Reportedly similar to Mandailing Batak [btm], but distinct sociolinguistically.
- Language Use
- Some young people, all adults.
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Bible: 1991.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Batak Angkola
- Writing
- Batak script [Batk]. Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian, Muslim.
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Location: North Sumatra province: Labuhan Batu, Labuhan Batu Selatan, Padang Lawas, Padang Lawas Utara, Tapanuli Selatan, Tapanuli Tengah, and Tapanuli Utara regencies; inland from Sibolga city area south, east to Binanga, northeast toward the Strait of Malacca.
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