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Not to be confused with Batak languages.

Batak is an Austronesian language spoken by the Batak peopleonPalawan Island in the Philippines. It is sometimes disambiguated from the Batak languagesasPalawan Batak.

Batak
Palawan Batak
Native toPhilippines
RegionPalawan
Ethnicity2,040 (1990 census)[1]

Native speakers

200 (2000)[1]

Language family

Austronesian

Writing system

Tagbanwa script
Language codes
ISO 639-3bya
Glottologbata1301
ELPBatak

Batak is spoken in the communities of Babuyan, Maoyon, Tanabag, Langogan, Tagnipa, Caramay, and Buayan. Surrounding languages include Southern Tagbanwa, Central Tagbanwa, Kuyonon, and Agutaynen.[2]

Phonology

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Consonants[3]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɡ
Nasal m n ŋ
Fricative s
Lateral l
Rhotic ɾ~r
Approximant w j
Vowels[3]
Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Open a

Pronouns

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Personal pronouns[4]
nominative genitive oblique
enclitic preposed
1.sg. aku ku akɨn kanakɨn
2.sg. ikaw/ka mu imu kanimu
3.sg. kanya ya kanya kanya
1.pl.dual kita/ta ta atɨn kanatɨn
1.pl.incl. tami tami atɨn kanatɨn
1.pl.excl. kami men amɨn kanamɨn
2.pl. kamu mi imyu kanimyu
3.pl. sira sira sira kanira

References

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  1. ^ a b BatakatEthnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • ^ Lobel, Jason (2013). Philippine and North Bornean Languages: Issues in Description, Subgrouping, and Reconstruction (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Hawaiʻi. p. 87.
  • ^ a b Reid, Lawrence A. (1971). Philippine Minor Languages: Word Lists and Phonologies. Oceanic Linguistics Special Publications. University of Hawai'i Press. p. 4. ISBN 087022-691-6. JSTOR 20019132. LCCN 70-150659.
  • ^ Morey, Virginia (1961). "Some particles and pronouns in Batak". Philippine Journal of Science. 90: 263–270.
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