Batak (Palawan)

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Batak (Palawan) is an endangered Austronesian language spoken by the Batak indigenous people on the island of Palawan in the Philippines.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Philippine language
endangered language
belongsTo Batak languages (Philippines) NERFINISHED
continent Asia
country Philippines
endangermentStatus endangered
ethnicGroup Batak people (Palawan) NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Batak NERFINISHED
Batak of Palawan NERFINISHED
Palawan Batak NERFINISHED
hasCulturalRole marker of Batak ethnic identity
hasDocumentationStatus limited linguistic documentation
hasDomain oral tradition
ritual practices of Batak people
hasEndangermentCause integration into wider Philippine society
intermarriage with non-Batak groups
small speaker population
hasGlottocode bata1288
hasMorphology Austronesian voice system
hasPhonology contrastive vowel length (reported for many Philippine languages; specific details may vary)
hasResearchField Austronesian linguistics NERFINISHED
Philippine linguistics
hasSpeakers Batak community of northern Palawan NERFINISHED
hasSpeakerTrend declining number of fluent speakers
hasTypology verb–initial word order
isDistinctFrom Batak language (North Sumatra) NERFINISHED
Batak languages of Indonesia NERFINISHED
ISO639-3Code bya
isPartOf Austronesian linguistic area NERFINISHED
isSpokenInCommunities upland communities of central-northern Palawan
isSpokenNear Puerto Princesa, Palawan NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
Philippine languages
languageStatus severely endangered
region Palawan NERFINISHED
spokenBy Batak people (Palawan) NERFINISHED
spokenIn Palawan NERFINISHED
Philippines
threatenedBy language shift to Cuyonon
language shift to Tagalog
language shift to other dominant Philippine languages
usedFor daily communication within Batak communities
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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