BTS ISO 639-3
Batak Simalungun
Sahap Simalungun Autonym
A language of Indonesia
- ISO 639
- bts
- Alternate Names
- Simelungan, Timur
- Autonym
- Sahap Simalungun
- Population
- 1,200,000 (2000).
- Location:
- North Sumatra province: Deli Serdang, Kota Pematang Siantar, Serdang Bedagai, and Simalungun regencies.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands, Batak, Simalungan
- Dialects
- None known. Lexical similarity: 80% with Batak Karo [btx] (Woollams 2005).
- Language Development
- Bible: 1976.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Batak Simalungun
- Writing
- Batak script [Batk]. Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: North Sumatra province: Deli Serdang, Kota Pematang Siantar, Serdang Bedagai, and Simalungun regencies.
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