Batak Dairi

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
btd
Alternate Names
Pakpak Dairi
User Population

172,000 (2010 census). Ethnic population: 245,000 (2010 census).

Location

Aceh province: Aceh Singkil regency; North Sumatra province: Dairi, Humbang Hasundutan, Pakpak Barat, Samosir, and Tapanuli Tengah regencies, Sidikalang town area south to coast.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands, Batak, Northern
Dialects

Dairi, Pakpak. Dairi and Pakpak dialects are sociolinguistically distinct. Lexical similarity: 81% with Batak Karo [btx] (Pakpak dialect) (Woollams 2005).

Language Use

Some young people, all adults. All also use Indonesian [ind].

Language Development

Grammar. Bible: 1998.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Batak Dairi
Writing

Batak script [Batk].

Other Comments

Christian.