Toba Batak language

Toba Batak
Hata Batak Toba
ᯂᯖ ᯅᯖᯂ᯲ ᯖᯬᯅ
Batak written in Surat Batak (Batak script)
Native toIndonesia
RegionSamosir Island (2° 30′ N, 99°), and to the east, south, and west of Toba Lake in north Sumatra.
Ethnicity
Native speakers
1,610,000 (2010 census)[1]
Latin, Batak alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3bbc
Glottologbata1289
The distribution of Batak languages in northern Sumatra. Toba Batak is the majority language in the blue-colored areas labeled with its ISO 639-3 code "bbc".
A Toba Batak speaker.

Toba Batak (/ˈtoʊbə ˈbætək/[2]) is an Austronesian language spoken in North Sumatra province in Indonesia. It is part of a group of languages called Batak. There are approximately 1,610,000 Toba Batak speakers, living to the east, west and south of Lake Toba. Historically it was written using the Batak script, but the Latin script is now used for most writing.

  1. ^ Toba Batak at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Bauer, Laurie (2007). The Linguistics Student's Handbook. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.