Mandailing Batak language

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Mandailing Language
Saro Mandailing
Native toIndonesia
RegionSumatra
EthnicityMandailing people
Native speakers
1.1 million (2000 census)[1]
Latin, Mandailing
Language codes
ISO 639-3btm
Glottologbata1291
Mandailing Batak language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator
A Mandailing script, pre-1800s.

Mandailing or Batak Mandailing is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, the northern island of Sumatra. It is spoken mainly in Mandailing Natal Regency, North Padang Lawas Regency, Padang Lawas Regency, and eastern parts of Labuhan Batu Regency, North Labuhan Batu Regency, South Labuhan Batu Regency and northwestern parts of Riau Province. It is written using the Latin script but historically used Batak script.

Sources

  • Template:En icon Adelaar, Alexander, The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar: A Historical Perspective, The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar, pp. 1–42, Routledge Language Family Series, Londres: Routledge, 2005, ISBN 0-7007-1286-0
  • Template:Id icon Siregar, Ahmad Samin, Kamus Bahasa Angkola/Mandailing Indonesia, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan Dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan Dan Kebudayaan, 1977.

References

  1. ^ Mandailing Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Kamus Mandailing

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