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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Indonesia (Sumatra) > Batak Angkola

Batak Angkola

A language of Indonesia (Sumatra)

ISO 639-3akb

Population  750,000 (1991 UBS).
Region  North central, Sipirok area.
Language map  Indonesia, Sumatra, reference number 4
Alternate names   Anakola, Angkola
Dialects  Similar to Mandailing Batak [btm], but distinct sociolinguistically.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands, Batak, Southern
Language development  Bible: 1991.
Writing system  Batak script. Latin script.
Comments  Christian, Muslim.