| (Batak) Mandailing | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Indonesia |
| Region | Sumatra |
| Native speakers | 1,100,000 (2000 census) |
| Language family |
Austronesian
|
| Writing system | Latin, Batak |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | btm |
Mandailing or Batak Mandailing is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, the northern island of Sumatra. The language pertains to the Malayo-Polynesian of Austronesian languages. It is written using the Latin alphabet but historically used Batak script.