Batak Karo language
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| Batak Karo | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Indonesia | |
| Region: | Southeast Asia | |
| Total speakers: | 600,000 | |
| Language family: | Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Batak Karo |
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| Official status | ||
| Official language in: | Indonesia | |
| Regulated by: | no official regulation | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | – | |
| ISO 639-3: | – | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Batak Karo is an Austronesian language that is spoken in Indonesia. It is used by around 600,000 people in the central and northern part of Sumatra. It is written using the Batak alphabet which is descended from the Brahmi script of ancient India by way of the Pallava and Old Kawi scripts.
[edit] Sample
Batak Karo
Ope denga ijadiken Dibata doni enda Kata e enggo lit. Kata e ras Dibata, janah Kata e me Dibata
English Translation
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
[edit] References
http://www.language-museum.com/b/batak-karo.htm http://www.omniglot.com/writing/batak.htm#karo
