Batak Notable featuresUsed to write: Karo Batak syllabic alphabetVowel diacritics with kaToba Batak syllabic alphabetVowel diacritics with ka Dairi Batak syllabic alphabetVowel diacritics with ka Batak Simalungun syllabic alphabetVowel diacritics with ka Mandaling Batak syllabic alphabetVowel diacritics with kaNoteSample text in BatakTransliterationTranslationSample video in Toba BatakLinksMalayo-Polynesian languagesSyllabic alphabets / abugidas

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Batak Batak


The Batak script, or surat Batak, is sometimes used to write the Batak
languages, which are spoken in the north of Sumatra in Indonesia.
Traditionally the Batak script was only used by datu (priests),
and they used it to write magical texts and calendars.



Batak is thought to be a descendent of the Pallava and Old Kawi scripts,
which ultimately were derived from the Brahmi
script of ancient India. Or it might be a descendent of a hypothetical
Proto-Sumatran script, with Pallava influences.


After Europeans - first German missionaries, then the Dutch - began
visiting Batak-speaking areas from 1878 the Batak script was taught in
schools, along with the Roman alphabet, and teaching and religious material
was published in the script.


Not long after the First World War missionaries decided to stop using the
Batak script in books. Since then the script has been used mainly for
decoration purposes.


Notable features


  • Type of writing system: syllabic alphabet - each consonant (aksara) has
    an inherent vowel. Other vowels or the absence of vowels can be indicated
    using diacritics which appear above, below or after the consonant
    letter.

  • Direction of writing: traditionally written from bottom to top in vertical columns
    running from left to right on strips of bamboo held together with
    string.

Used to write:


The Batak languages of northern Sumatra - Batak Karo
(Cakap Karo), Batak Dairi (Pakpak)
Batak, Batak Simalungun (Sahap Simalungun),
Angkola and Batak Mandailing (Saro Mandailing),
and occasionally Malay.


There are slight variations in the letters and vowel diacritics used
to write each language.



Karo Batak syllabic alphabet


Karo Batak is a Malayo-Polynesian language with about 600,000 spoken in
the central and northern part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.


Karo Batak syllabic alphabet


Vowel diacritics with ka


Karo Batak vowel diacritics



Toba Batak syllabic alphabet


Dairi Batak, which is also known as Batak Toba, Batta or Hata Batak Toba is a Malayo-Polynesian
language spoken by about 2 million people in the northern part of the
Indonesian island of Sumatra.


Toba Batak syllabic alphabet


Vowel diacritics with ka


Toba Batak vowel diacritics



Dairi Batak syllabic alphabet


Dairi Batak, which is also known as Dairi, Pakpak and Pakpak Dairi,
is a Malayo-Polynesian language with about 1.2 million speakers in the northern
part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.


Dairi/Pakpak syllabic alphabet


Vowel diacritics with ka


Dairi/Pakpak vowel diacritics



Batak Simalungun syllabic alphabet


Simalungun or Batak Simalung is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by about
1.2 million people in the northern part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.


Simalung/Timur syllabic alphabet


Vowel diacritics with ka


Simalung/Timur vowel diacritics


Tower of Babel in Simalung



Mandaling Batak syllabic alphabet


Mandaling Batak or Batta is a Malayo-Polynesian language with about 400,000
speakers in the northern part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.


Mandaling Batak syllabic alphabet


Vowel diacritics with ka


Mandaling Batak vowel diacritics


Note


The fonts used on this page were created by Dr Uli Kozok
of The University of Hawai'i at Manoa.


Sample text in Batak


Sample text in Batak


Transliteration


Inilah tulisan kita

dibentuk oleh tangan-tangan kita.

Alat-alta kita, sejarah kita.

Kehilangan aksara ini,

bermakna kehilangan diri kita sendir.


Translation


These are our words, shaped

By our hands, our tools,

Our history. Lose them

And we lose ourselves.


Translation and transliteration by Dr Mangantar Napitupulu. Carving and English text by Tim Brookes of endangeredalphabets.com


Sample video in Toba Batak





Information about Batak |
Phrases |
Numbers |
Tower of Babel


Links


Information about the Batak script and languages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batak_script
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batak_languages
http://www.hawaii.edu/indolang/surat
http://ulikozok.com/aksara-batak/


Batak transliterator
http://transtoba2.seige.net/


Batak phrases
http://www.sumatra-indonesia.com/batak.htm
http://nice-sharing.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/bataks-language.html


Batak fonts
http://www.hawaii.edu/indolang/surat


Malayo-Polynesian languages




  • Amarasi,


  • Anuki,


  • Araki,


  • Balinese,


  • Barai,


  • Batak,


  • Bima,


  • Bugis,


  • Bushi,


  • Cham,


  • Chamorro,


  • Chru,


  • Cia-Cia,


  • Dawan,


  • Dhao,


  • Duri,


  • Ende-Li'o,


  • Fijian,


  • Galoli,


  • Hoava,


  • Iban,


  • Indonesian,


  • Jarai,


  • Javanese,


  • Kerinci,


  • Lampung,


  • Ledo Kaili,


  • Madurese,


  • Makasarese,


  • Malagasy,


  • Malay,


  • Mandar,


  • Manggarainese,


  • Mbula,


  • Minangkabau,


  • Moronene,


  • Mualang,


  • Muna,


  • Musi,


  • Ndrumbea,


  • Nias,


  • Paicî,


  • Palauan,


  • Rade,


  • Sasak,


  • Sumbawa,


  • Sundanese,


  • Tetum,


  • Tii,


  • Tolaki,


  • Toqabaqita,


  • Toraja-Sa'dan,


  • Wandamen,


  • Western Rote,

  • Xârâcùù


Other languages written with the Latin alphabet


Syllabic alphabets / abugidas




  • Ahom,


  • Badaga,


  • Balinese,


  • Batak,


  • Baybayin (Tagalog),


  • Bengali,


  • Bilang-bilang,


  • Bima,


  • Blackfoot,


  • Brahmi,


  • Buhid,


  • Burmese,


  • Carrier,


  • Chakma,


  • Cham,


  • Cree,


  • Dehong Dai,


  • Devanagari,


  • Ditema,


  • Dives Akuru,


  • Ethiopic,


  • Evēla Akuru,


  • Fraser,


  • Gondi,


  • Grantha,


  • Gujarati,


  • Gupta,


  • Gurmukhi,


  • Hanifi,


  • Hanuno'o,


  • Inuktitut,


  • Javanese,


  • Jenticha,


  • Kaithi,


  • Kannada,


  • Kawi,


  • Kerinci,


  • Kharosthi,


  • Khmer,


  • Khojki,


  • Kulitan,


  • Lampung,


  • Lanna,


  • Lao,


  • Lepcha,


  • Limbu,


  • Lontara/Makasar,


  • Lota Ende,


  • Malayalam,


  • Manpuri,


  • Meroïtic,


  • Modi,


  • Mon,


  • Mongolian Horizontal Square Script,


  • Ojibwe,


  • Odia,


  • Pahawh Hmong,


  • Pallava,


  • Phags-pa,


  • Ranjana,


  • Redjang,


  • Sasak,


  • Satera Jontal,


  • Shan,


  • Sharda,


  • Siddham,


  • Sindhi,


  • Sinhala,


  • Sorang Sompeng,


  • Sourashtra,


  • Soyombo,


  • Sundanese,


  • Syloti Nagri,


  • Tagbanwa,


  • Takri,


  • Tamil,


  • Thaana,


  • Telugu,


  • Thai,


  • Tibetan,


  • Tigalari (Tulu),


  • Tikamuli,


  • Tocharian,


  • Tolong Siki,

  • Varang Kshiti


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