Batak Karo language
Austronesian language spoken in Sumatra, Indonesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Karo, referred to in Indonesia as Bahasa Karo (Karo language), is an Austronesian language that is spoken by the Karo people of Indonesia. It is used by around 600,000 people in North Sumatra. It is mainly spoken in Karo Regency, southern parts of Deli Serdang Regency and northern parts of Dairi Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia. It was historically written using the Batak alphabet which is descended from the Brahmi script of ancient India by way of the Pallava and Old Kawi scripts, but nowadays only a tiny number of Karo can write or understand the script, and instead the Latin script is used.
Quick Facts Karo, Native to ...
Karo | |
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Cakap Karo | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Karo Regency, North Sumatra |
Ethnicity | |
Native speakers | 500,000 (2010)[1] |
Batak Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | btx |
Glottolog | bata1293 |
ELP | Batak Karo |
The distribution of Batak languages in northern Sumatra. Karo is represented by the yellow shade. |
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