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ISO 639-3 · bbcbbc
Austronesian family
Toba Batak
Hata Batak
Toba Batak is a language of the Batak branch (Austronesian), spoken in Indonesia. Wikidata counts about 2 m speakers (1991). Wikidata describes it as “Batak language spoken by the Toba Batak people”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bbc- Glottocode
bata1289- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Centre point
- 2.47, 99.25
- Wikipedia
- 26 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Toba Batak · Hata Batak |
|---|---|
| Also called | Toba Batta, Toba Batak language, Batak Toba language, Toba language, Batak Toba |
| All speakers | 2,000,000 (1991) |
| Written in | Batak |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Toba Batak
The branches above Toba Batak, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Also spoken in Indonesia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeindIndonesianAustronesian · 199 m1 · NationaljavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroushakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · Developing