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    Toba Batak (/ˈtoʊbə ˈbætək/) is an Austronesian language spoken in North Sumatra province in Indonesia. It is part of a group of languages called Batak...
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    Southern Batak languages (Toba-Angkola-Mandailing). The geographical influences on the Batak languages can be seen in the map in the infobox; Lake Toba separates...
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    Toba Batak people (Batak script: ᯅᯖᯂ᯲ ᯖᯬᯅ) are the largest ethnic group of the Batak peoples of North Sumatra, Indonesia. The common phrase of ‘Batak’...
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    North Sumatra, Indonesia, who speak Batak languages. The term is used to include the Karo, Pakpak, Simalungun, Toba, Angkola, and Mandailing, related ethnic...
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  • Netherlands) Manuscript in Batak Toba language, central Sumatra, early 1800s. (Robert C. Williams Paper Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, USA) Batak Pustaha (Magic Book)...
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  • Toba Batak may refer to: The Toba Batak people of North Sumatra, Indonesia The Toba Batak language This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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    Lake Toba (Indonesian: Danau Toba, Toba Batak: ᯖᯀᯬ ᯖᯬᯅ; romanized: Tao Toba) is a large natural lake in North Sumatra, Indonesia, occupying the caldera...
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    Sumatra, Indonesia. Six groups of Batak speak separate but related languages: the Angkola, the Mandailing to the south, the Toba, to the north the Pakpak/Dairi...
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    Indonesia) Central Bikol language (2,500,000 native, Philippines) Batak Toba language (2,000,000 native, Indonesia) Albay Bikol language (1,900,000 native,...
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  • Toba language may refer to: Toba Batak language, an Austronesian language spoken in North Sumatra province in Indonesia Toba-Maskoy language, a Mascoian...
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  • toba or Toba in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Toba may refer to: Toba Sur language, spoken in South America Batak Toba, spoken in Indonesia Toba people...
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    Northern Batak language, and is closely related to Pakpak and Alas. It is mutually unintelligible from the Southern Batak languages, such as Toba, Angkola...
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  • Batak is an Austronesian language spoken by the Batak people on Palawan Island in the Philippines. It is sometimes disambiguated from the Batak languages...
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    to Toba Batak, but culturally closest to Karo Batak. Both Batak groups migrated from Toba and Pakpak to participate in trade. The Simalungun language is...
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    Writing systems of Southeast Asia (category Languages of Southeast Asia)
    script (for Cham language) Eskayan script (for Eskayan language) Kawi script (used across Maritime Southeast Asia) Balinese script Batak script Baybayin...
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    Sigalegale (category Articles containing Batak Toba-language text)
    turn. Traditionally the performance was carried out of childless person. Batak Toba believe souls become an ancestral spirit and the children of the deceased...
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    towns around the Lake Toba offers freshwater fish dishes such as carp arsik. The Northern Sumatra capital of Medan is also a Batak cuisine hotspot where...
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  • Simalungun, or Batak Simalungun, is an Austronesian language of Sumatra. It is spoken mainly in Simalungun Regency and Pematang Siantar, North Sumatra...
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    Batak Protestan (HKBP, or Batak Christian Protestant Church in English") is an Evangelical Lutheran church among the Batak people, generally the Toba...
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    Horas (category Batak)
    Horas (Toba Batak: ᯂᯬᯒᯘ᯲) is the Batak word to express gratefulness, happiness, and healthiness, however it is more commonly used as a simple greeting...
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    Angkola people (category Batak)
    Batak Angkola or Anakola) people are part of the Batak ethnic group from North Sumatra who live in the South Tapanuli regency. The Angkola language is...
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    Pantun (category Articles containing Batak Toba-language text)
    lead'), and Toba Batak pantun ('polite' or 'worthy of respect'). Winstedt supported this opinion, noting that in many Austronesian languages, words which...
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    Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen (category Batak)
    missionary to Batak lands, North Sumatra who also translated the New Testament into the native Batak language and the first Ephorus (bishop) of Batak Christian...
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  • Parmalim (category Batak)
    (Ugamo Malim or Batak nation religion), the modern form of the traditional Batak religion. People who are not familiar with the Batak language may erroneously...
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  • marga from their father. In Batak Toba mythology, marga is traced to the common ancestor "Si Raja Batak" (The King of the Batak). In Karo mythology, the...
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    Mandailing people (category Batak)
    systems, arts, customs and norms that are different from the Toba Batak and Angkola Batak. Abdul Haris Nasution, National Hero of Indonesia Adam Malik...
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    North Sumatra (category Asahan Toba basin)
    Batak (Pakpak, Angkola, and Mandailing groups). The central highlands region around Lake Toba is predominantly inhabited by other Batak groups (Toba,...
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    "Filosofi Warna Khas Batak Toba". KOMPASIANA (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2022-03-11. Bisnis, Harian Medan. "Menggali Makna dari Tiga Warna  Batak". Jones Gultom...
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    Tapanoeli Residency (category Articles containing Batak Toba-language text)
    including much of the traditional heartland of Batak people (called in their language Tano Batak). Lake Toba, a historically important crater lake, was also...
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    70 languages of Indonesia, some could be accessed online. In 2020, Jehovah's Witnesses published 4 complete bible translation into Batak Toba, Batak Karo...
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