Batak languages
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The Batak languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages spoken by the Batak people in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra and surrounding areas.
Internal classification
The Batak languages can be divided into two main branches, Northern Batak and Southern Batak. Simalungun was long considered an intermediary, but in current classifications it is recognized as part of the Southern branch.[1][2] Within Northern Batak, a study noted 80% cognate words between Karo and Alas, 81% with Pakpak, 76% with Simalungun & Toba, and 30% with Malay (Indonesian).[3] Karo and Toba Batak are mutually unintelligible.
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Mandailing, Toba and Angkola are related to each other and mutually intelligible. Karo languages are mutually intelligible with other Northern Batak languages named Alas – Kluet language's in the southern part of Aceh, and are also partially mutually intelligible with Pakpak and Singkil. Some Pakpak (Dairi) dialect also partially mutually intelligible with Toba languages. Simalungun languages are sometimes partially mutually intelligible with both Northern and Southern Batak, but more comprehensible with other Southern Batak languages (Toba-Angkola-Mandailing). The geographical influences on the Batak languages can be seen in the map in the infobox; Lake Toba separates the Karo (Northern Batak) from direct contact with the Toba (Southern Batak).
Reconstruction
Template:Infobox proto-language The Batak languages can be shown to descend from a hypothetical common ancestor, Proto-Batak (which in turn originates from Proto-Austronesian). The sound system of Proto-Batak was reconstructed by Adelaar (1981).[2]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | voiceless | *p | *t | *c | *k | |
| voiced | *b | *d | *j | *ɡ | ||
| Fricative | *s | *h | ||||
| Nasal | *m | *n | *ŋ | |||
| Semivowel | *w | *y | ||||
| Lateral | *l | |||||
| Trill | *r | |||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | *i | *u | |
| Mid | *ə | ||
| Low | *a |
Final diphthongs: *-uy, *-ey, *-ow.
The Proto-Batak sounds underwent the following changes in the individual daughter languages:[2]
- Proto-Batak *k became h in initial and medial position in the Southern Batak languages:
- Proto-Batak Script error: No such module "Lang". > Toba, Simalungun Script error: No such module "Lang".; Karo Script error: No such module "Lang". 'person'
- Proto-Batak Script error: No such module "Lang". > Toba, Simalungun Script error: No such module "Lang".; Karo Script error: No such module "Lang". 'grass'
- Proto-Batak *h was lost in Toba, Angkola and Mandailing:
- Proto-Batak Script error: No such module "Lang". > Toba Script error: No such module "Lang"., Simalungun Script error: No such module "Lang"., Karo Script error: No such module "Lang". /pərəh/ 'wring out'
- Proto-Batak final voiced stops *b, *d, and *g are retained only in Simalungun. In Toba, Angkola and Mandailing, they are unvoiced, while in the Northern Batak languages, they changed to homorganic nasals (/m/, /n/, /ŋ/):
- Proto-Batak Script error: No such module "Lang". > Simalungun Script error: No such module "Lang"., Toba Script error: No such module "Lang"., Karo Script error: No such module "Lang". /dələŋ/ 'mountain'.
- The central vowel *ə is retained in the Northern languages, and shifted to /o/ in the Southern languages:
- Proto-Batak Script error: No such module "Lang". > Karo Script error: No such module "Lang". (/ənəm/), Toba Script error: No such module "Lang". 'six'
- Proto-Batak diphthongs are only retained in Simalungun, but shifted to monophthongs in all other Batak languages:
- Proto-Batak Script error: No such module "Lang". > Simalungun Script error: No such module "Lang".; all other languages Script error: No such module "Lang". 'fire'
- Proto-Batak Script error: No such module "Lang". > Simalungun Script error: No such module "Lang".; all other languages Script error: No such module "Lang". 'dead'
- Proto-Batak Script error: No such module "Lang". > Simalungun Script error: No such module "Lang".; all other languages Script error: No such module "Lang". 'island'
Writing system
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See also
References
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- ↑ Comparative Austronesian dictionary Vol. 1. by Darrell T. Tryon, Shigeru Tsuchida et al. p421 et seq
- ↑ a b c Adelaar, K. A. (1981). "Reconstruction of Proto-Batak Phonology". In Robert A. Blust (ed.), Historical Linguistics in Indonesia: Part I, 1–20. Jakarta: Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya.
- ↑ The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar. K. Alexander Adelaar, Nikolaus Himmelmann, p. 535
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External links
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- Batak Toba at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019).
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