page_title: Toba Batak language
hierarchical_section_title: Toba Batak language
caption_attribution_description: English: Batak languages of northern Sumatra, based on various maps, but primarily: (1) http://www.muturzikin.com/cartesasiesudest/9.htm and (2) https://www.ethnologue.com/map/ID_sm_. Made with Inkscape. Own work.
context_page_description: Toba Batak is an Austronesian language spoken in North Sumatra province in Indonesia. It is part of a group of languages called "Batak".
  There are approximately 2,000,000 Toba Batak speakers, living to the east, west and south of Lake Toba. Historically it was written using Batak script, but the Latin script is now used for most writing.
context_section_description: Toba Batak /ˈtoʊbə ˈbætək/ is an Austronesian language spoken in North Sumatra province in Indonesia. It is part of a group of languages called "Batak".
  There are approximately 2,000,000 Toba Batak speakers, living to the east, west and south of Lake Toba. Historically it was written using Batak script, but the Latin script is now used for most writing.
caption: 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".
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