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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”.

6b · ThreatenedBatk2 m
At a glance
ISO 639-3
bbc
Glottocode
bata1289
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

NameToba Batak · Hata Batak
Also calledToba Batta, Toba Batak language, Batak Toba language, Toba language, Batak Toba
All speakers2,000,000 (1991)
Written inBatak

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 level
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