Native to Indonesia Ethnicity Mandailing people ISO 639-3 btm | Region Sumatra Writing system Latin, Mandailing Language family Austronesian languages | |
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Native speakers 1.1 million (2000 census) | ||
Mandailing or Batak Mandailing is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, the northern island of Sumatra. 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.
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Mandailing language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA