Batak Dairi language
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Austronesian language spoken in Sumatra, Indonesia
Pakpak | |
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Kata Pakpak | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Sumatra (northern) |
Ethnicity | Pakpak, Singkil |
Native speakers | (1.2 million cited 1991)[1] |
Batak | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | btd |
Glottolog | bata1294 |
Pakpak, or Batak Dairi, is an Austronesian language of Sumatra. It is spoken in Dairi Regency, Pakpak Bharat Regency, Parlilitan district of Humbang Hasundutan Regency, Manduamas district of Central Tapanuli Regency, and Subulussalam and Aceh Singkil Regency.
A variety in Singkil of Aceh is considered as separated language by Singkil people.[2]

Dairi Batak syllables in Batak script.
References[edit]
- ^ Pakpak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ "Social Contexts of Phonological Contrasts and Indexicality: Variability and Identity among Singkils | KnE Social Sciences". knepublishing.com. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
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