Alas language

Alas
Batak Alas
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Sumatra
Ethnicity	Alas people, Kluet people, Singkil people
Native speakers	200,000 (2000 census)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Nuclear MP Northwest Sumatran Batak Northern Alas
Writing system	Latin, Batak
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`btz`
Glottolog	`bata1292`^[2]

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. The Alas reject the name 'Batak'.

References

↑ Alas at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Batak Alas-Kluet". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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