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Batak Toba

A language of Indonesia (Sumatra)

ISO 639-3bbc

Population  2,000,000 (1991 UBS).
Region  North Sumatra, Samosir Island and east, south, and west of Toba Lake.
Language map  Indonesia, Sumatra, reference number 9
Alternate names   Batta, Toba Batak
Dialects  Similar to Angkola Batak [akb].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands, Batak, Southern
Language development  Bible: 1894–1989.
Writing system  Batak script. Latin script.
Comments  Christian.

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Academic Publications

LOPEZ, Cecilio, translator. n.d.. Studies on Dempwolff's Vergleichende Lautlehre des Austronesischen Wortschatzes.