Alas language

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Alas
Batak Alas
Native toIndonesia
RegionSumatra
Ethnicity
  • Alas
  • Kluet
  • Singkil
Native speakers
200,000 (2000 census)[1]
Language family
Writing system
Latin
Batak
Language codes
ISO 639-3btz
Glottologbata1292

Alas, Alas-Kluet, or Batak Alas, is an Austronesian language of Sumatra. The three dialects, Alas, Kluet, and Singkil (Kade-Kade), may not constitute a single language; Alas may be closer to Karo, and the others closer to Dairi. Generally, the Alas people themselves do not like the name 'Batak' because of their religion.[2]

See also[]

  • Alas people
  • Kluet people
  • Singkil people

References[]

  1. ^ Alas at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ^ Akifumi Iwabuchi (1994). The People of the Alas Valley: A Study of an Ethnic Group of Northern Sumatra. Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-827902-7.

Further reading[]

  • Suhery, D.; Hasnain, S.I. (2018). "Social Contexts of Phonological Contrasts and Indexicality: Variability and Identity among Singkils". The 1st Annual International Conference on Language and Literature (AICLL). KnE Social Sciences. 3. pp. 178–190. doi:10.18502/kss.v3i4.1930.


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