Toba Batak language

E119353
Austronesian language Batak language natural language

Toba Batak language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Toba Batak people of North Sumatra, Indonesia, known for its rich oral tradition and distinctive Batak script.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Toba Batak language canonical 8
Batak Toba language 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Batak language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Angkola language ⓘ
surface form: Angkola Batak language

Karo Batak language ⓘ
Mandailing Batak language ⓘ
Simalungun language ⓘ
surface form: Simalungun Batak language
country Indonesia ⓘ
endangermentStatus vigorous (but under pressure from Indonesian) ⓘ
glottocode bata1289 ⓘ
hasAffixType infixes ⓘ
prefixes ⓘ
simulfixes ⓘ
suffixes ⓘ
hasAlignmentType Philippine-type voice system ⓘ
hasDigitalPresence Unicode support for Batak script ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry Toba Batak ⓘ
hasGrammaticalCategory aspect ⓘ
focus ⓘ
mood ⓘ
voice ⓘ
hasLiteraryForm folktales ⓘ
ritual chants ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Arabic language

Dutch language ⓘ
Indonesian language ⓘ
hasMorphologyType agglutinative ⓘ
hasOralTradition rich oral literature ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (in some analyses) ⓘ
hasScriptType abugida ⓘ
hasWordOrder subject–verb–object (SVO) ⓘ
verb–subject–object (VSO) ⓘ
ISO639-3 bbc ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
region Toba Highlands ⓘ
surface form: Lake Toba region

Tapanuli ⓘ
spokenBy Batak ⓘ
surface form: Toba Batak people
spokenIn Indonesia ⓘ
North Sumatra ⓘ
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
subgroup Batak languages ⓘ
Batak languages ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands languages
usedIn church services ⓘ
daily communication ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
usedInEducationLevel primary education (locally, to some extent) ⓘ
writingSystem Batak script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Batak → hasLanguage → Toba Batak language ⓘ
Angkola language → closelyRelatedTo → Toba Batak language ⓘ
Parmalim → languageUsed → Toba Batak language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Batak Toba language
Karo Batak language → closelyRelatedTo → Toba Batak language ⓘ
Batak script → historicallyUsedFor → Toba Batak language ⓘ
Simalungun language → closelyRelatedTo → Toba Batak language ⓘ
Pakpak Dairi language → isRelatedTo → Toba Batak language ⓘ
Mandailing language → closelyRelatedTo → Toba Batak language ⓘ
Batak languages → hasPart → Toba Batak language ⓘ
Pematangsiantar → localLanguage → Toba Batak language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Batak Toba language