BBC ISO 639-3
Batak Toba
Batta Autonym
A language of Indonesia
- ISO 639
- bbc
- Alternate Names
- Toba Batak
- Autonym
- Batta
- Population
- 2,000,000 (1991 UBS).
- Location:
- North Sumatra province: Asahan, Humbang Hasundutan, Labuhan Batu Utara, Samosir, Simalungan, south Tapanuli Tengah, Tapanuli Utara, and Toba Samosir regencies; Samosir island; east, south, and west of Lake Toba.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands, Batak, Southern
- Dialects
- None known. Reportedly similar to Angkola Batak [akb].
- Language Use
- Shifting to Indonesian [ind] in urban and migrant areas. Mixed use: Home, Community, Work, Religion, Education. Some young people, all adults. Also use Indonesian [ind], with many youth shifting, especially in urban and migrant areas.
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1894–1989.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Batak Toba
- Writing
- Batak script [Batk], no longer in use. Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian.
Also Spoken in
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Location: North Sumatra province: Asahan, Humbang Hasundutan, Labuhan Batu Utara, Samosir, Simalungan, south Tapanuli Tengah, Tapanuli Utara, and Toba Samosir regencies; Samosir island; east, south, and west of Lake Toba.
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