Alas | |
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Batak Alas | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Sumatra |
Ethnicity | Alas people, Kluet people, Singkil people |
Native speakers
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200,000 (2000 census)[1] |
Austronesian
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Latin, Batak | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | btz |
Glottolog | bata1292 [2] |
Alas, Alas-Kluet, or Batak Alas, is an Austronesian language of Sumatra. The three dialects, Alas, Kluet, and Singkil (Kade-Kade), may not constitute a single language; Alas may be closer to Karo, and the others closer to Dairi. The Alas reject the name 'Batak'.
References
- ^ Alas at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Batak Alas-Kluet". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.