Mandailing Batak language

Mandailing
Saro Mandailing
Native toIndonesia
RegionSumatra
EthnicityMandailing
Native speakers
1.1 million (2000 census)[1]
Latin, Mandailing
Language codes
ISO 639-3btm
Glottologbata1291
A Mandailing script, pre-1800s.

Mandailing Batak or Mandailing is an Austronesian language spoken in Sumatra, the northern island of Indonesia. It is spoken mainly in Mandailing Natal Regency, North Padang Lawas Regency, Padang Lawas Regency, and eastern parts of Labuhan Batu Regency, North Labuhan Batu Regency, South Labuhan Batu Regency and northwestern parts of Riau Province. It is written using the Latin script but historically used Batak script.

  1. ^ Mandailing at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)