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

Batak Mandailing

A language of Indonesia (Sumatra)

ISO 639-3btm

Population  1,100,000 (2000 census).
Region  North.
Language map  Indonesia, Sumatra, reference number 7
Alternate names   Batta, Mandailing Batak
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands, Batak, Southern
Language use  Sociolinguistically different from Angkola Batak [akb].
Writing system  Batak script.
Comments  A general form of Batak common to a wider area than Angkola. Muslim.