Batak Simalungun language

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Simalungun
Sahap Simalungun
Native toIndonesia
RegionSumatra (northern)
EthnicitySimalungun
Native speakers
(1.2 million cited 2000)[1]
Latin, Batak
Official status
Regulated byBadan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Language codes
ISO 639-3bts
Glottologbata1288

Simalungun, or Batak Simalungun, is an Austronesian language of Sumatra. It is spoken mainly in Simalungun Regency and Pematang Siantar, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

Phonology

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Consonants
LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Nasalmnŋ
Plosive/
Affricate
voicelessptk
voicedbdɡ
Fricativesh
Rhoticr
Laterall
Approximantwj

/b, d/ can also have implosive allophones [ɓ, ɗ].

Vowels
FrontCentralBack
Closeiu
Midɛɔ
Opena

Sounds /i, u, ɛ, ɔ, a/ can have allophones [ɪ, ʊ, e, o, ɑ].[2]

References

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  1. ^ Simalungun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Bahren Umar, Siregar & Perlindungan; Husni, Chairul (2001). Fonologi Bahasa Simalungun. Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
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    Simalungun
    Sahap Simalungun
    Native toIndonesia
    RegionSumatra (northern)
    EthnicitySimalungun
    Native speakers
    (1.2 million cited 2000)[1]
    Latin, Batak
    Official status
    Regulated byBadan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
    Language codes
    ISO 639-3bts
    Glottologbata1288

    Simalungun, or Batak Simalungun, is an Austronesian language of Sumatra. It is spoken mainly in Simalungun Regency and Pematang Siantar, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

    Phonology

    Consonants
    LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
    Nasalmnŋ
    Plosive/
    Affricate
    voicelessptk
    voicedbdɡ
    Fricativesh
    Rhoticr
    Laterall
    Approximantwj

    /b, d/ can also have implosive allophones [ɓ, ɗ].

    Vowels
    FrontCentralBack
    Closeiu
    Midɛɔ
    Opena

    Sounds /i, u, ɛ, ɔ, a/ can have allophones [ɪ, ʊ, e, o, ɑ].[2]

    References

    1. ^ Simalungun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    2. ^ Bahren Umar, Siregar & Perlindungan; Husni, Chairul (2001). Fonologi Bahasa Simalungun. Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
    • Indonesian-Simalungun Dictionary
    • David Goldsworthy's collection of Music of Indonesia and Malaysia archived with Paradisec includes open access recordings in Batak Simalungun.



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