Batak Simalungun

Print

Primary tabs

A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
bts
Alternate Names
Simelungan, Timur
Autonym
Sahap Simalungun
User Population

151,000 (2010 census). Ethnic population: 435,000 (2010 census).

Location

North Sumatra province: Deli Serdang, Kota Pematang Siantar, Serdang Bedagai, and Simalungun regencies.

Language Maps
Language Status

5* (Developing).

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

None known. Lexical similarity: 80% with Batak Karo [btx] (Woollams 2005).

Language Use

All also use Indonesian [ind].

Language Development

Bible: 1976.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Batak Simalungun
Writing

Batak script [Batk]. Latin script [Latn].