Karo language
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Karo language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Karo Batak people of North Sumatra, Indonesia.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Batak language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| belongsToBranch | Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Mandailing language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pakpak Dairi language ⓘ Simalungun language ⓘ Toba Batak language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Karo Batak people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| glottocode | karo1306 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Karo Batak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bahasa Karo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Karo Batak language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Karo oral storytelling
ⓘ
Karo ritual speech ⓘ Karo traditional music ⓘ |
| hasDialects | several regional varieties ⓘ |
| hasLexicalSimilarityWith | other Batak languages ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Indonesian
ⓘ
Malay ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
affixation
ⓘ
reduplication ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length (in some analyses)
ⓘ
rich system of oral stops and nasals ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | basic SVO word order ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature |
moderate use of verbal affixes
ⓘ
prepositions rather than postpositions ⓘ |
| hasWordOrderType | head-initial ⓘ |
| historicalWritingSystem | Batak script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | btx ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | linguistic description and documentation ⓘ |
| languageStatus | vigorous in rural areas ⓘ |
| nativeSpeakers | hundreds of thousands ⓘ |
| region | North Sumatra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Deli Serdang Regency
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Karo Regency NERFINISHED ⓘ Langkat Regency NERFINISHED ⓘ Medan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Batak languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| undergoingInfluenceFrom |
Indonesian language
ⓘ
Malay language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication among Karo Batak people
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | local cultural and language programs ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.