Hata Angkola
Batak Angkola
Austronesian
Batak Angkola is one of the four major Batak languages of North Sumatra, spoken in the South Tapanuli highlands by ~750,000 people. The Batak cluster (Toba bbc, Karo btx, Mandailing btm, Angkola akb, Pakpak/Dairi, Simalungun) shows considerable mutual intelligibility but distinct cultural/ethnic identities. Angkola and Mandailing are particularly close as the southern Batak varieties, sometimes treated as dialects of a single language. Distinctively, the Angkola Batak community is predominantly Muslim (vs. Christian Toba/Karo), reflecting the gradual southward spread of Islam from coastal Sumatran sultanates. Linguistically, Angkola preserves typical Sumatran Austronesian features: voice/focus alternations, classifier-like noun particles, and a rich pronoun system marking inclusivity.
Where it is spoken
87 core words in Batak Angkola
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Compared with languages in the same classification: Austronesian
| Meaning | Batak Angkola | Toba Batak | Simalungun Batak | Musi | Banjar | Old Malay | North Moluccan Malay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | aek /aek/ | aek /aek/ | bah /bah/ | ayek /ajek/ | banyu /baɲu/ | air /air/ | aer /aer/ |
| Fire | api /api/ | api /api/ | apuy /apuj/ | api /api/ | api /api/ | api /api/ | api /api/ |
| Sun | mata ni ari /mata ni ari/ | mata ni ari /mata ni ari/ | mata ni ari /mata ni ari/ | matahari /matahari/ | matahari /matahari/ | matari /matari/ | matahari /matahari/ |
| Moon | bulan /bulan/ | bulan /bulan/ | bulan /bulan/ | bulan /bulan/ | bulan /bulan/ | bulan /bulan/ | bulan /bulan/ |
| Star | bintang /bintaŋ/ | bintang /bintaŋ/ | bintang /bintaŋ/ | bintang /bintaŋ/ | bintang /bintaŋ/ | bintang /bintaŋ/ | bintang /bintaŋ/ |
| Night | borngin /borŋin/ | borngin /borŋin/ | borngin /borŋin/ | malem /maləm/ | malam /malam/ | malam /malam/ | malam /malam/ |
| Rain | udan /uˈdan/ | udan /uˈdan/ | udan /uˈdan/ | ujan /uˈdʒan/ | hujan /ˈhudʒan/ | — | ujang /uˈdʒaŋ/ |
| Snow | salju /saldʒu/ | salju /saldʒu/ | salju /saldʒu/ | — | salju /saldʒu/ | — | salju /saldʒu/ |
| Wind | angin /aŋin/ | alogo /aloɡo/ | logou /loɡou/ | angin /aŋin/ | angin /aŋin/ | — | angin /aŋin/ |
| Earth | tano /tano/ | tano /tano/ | tanoh /tanoh/ | tanah /tanah/ | tanah /tanah/ | — | tana /tana/ |
| Stone | batu /batu/ | batu /batu/ | batu /batu/ | batu /batu/ | batu /ˈbatu/ | batu /batu/ | batu /batu/ |
| Mountain | dolok /dolok/ | dolok /dolok/ | dolog /doloɡ/ | gunung /ɡunuŋ/ | gunung /ɡunuŋ/ | — | gunung /ɡunuŋ/ |
| Sea | laut /laut/ | laut /laut/ | laut /laut/ | laot /laot/ | laut /laut/ | — | lao /lao/ |
| Mother | inang /inaŋ/ | ina /ina/ | inang /inaŋ/ | mak /mak/ | uma /uma/ | ibu /ibu/ | mama /mama/ |
| Father | amang /amaŋ/ | ama /ama/ | bapa /bapa/ | bapak /bapak/ | abah /abah/ | bapa /bapa/ | papa /papa/ |
| Daughter | boru /boru/ | boru /boru/ | boru /boru/ | — | anak babinian /anak babinian/ | — | ana parampuang /ana parampuaŋ/ |
| I | au /au/ | ahu /ahu/ | ahu /ahu/ | aku /aku/ | aku /aku/ | aku /aku/ | kita /kita/ |
| You | ho /ho/ | ho /ho/ | ho /ho/ | kau /kau/ | ikam /ikam/ | kamu /kamu/ | ngana /ŋana/ |
| We | hita / hami /hita / hami/ | hita / hami /hita / hami/ | hita / hanami /hita / hanami/ | kito / kami /kito / kami/ | kita / kami /kita / kami/ | kita / kami /kita / kami/ | torang /toraŋ/ |
| Name | goar /ɡoar/ | goar /ɡoar/ | goran /ɡoran/ | namo /namo/ | ngaran /ŋaran/ | ngaran /ŋaran/ | nama /nama/ |
| Person | halak /halak/ | halak /halak/ | halak /halak/ | wong /woŋ/ | urang /uraŋ/ | — | orang /oraŋ/ |
| Head | ulu /ulu/ | ulu /ulu/ | ulu /ulu/ | palak /palak/ | kapala /kapala/ | — | kapala /kapala/ |
| Eye | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | mato /mato/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ |
| Ear | pinggol /piŋɡol/ | pinggol /piŋɡol/ | pinggol /piŋɡol/ | telingo /teliŋo/ | talinga /taˈliŋa/ | — | talinga /taliŋa/ |
| Nose | igung /iɡuŋ/ | igung /iɡuŋ/ | igung /iɡuŋ/ | idung /iduŋ/ | hidung /hiduŋ/ | — | idong /idoŋ/ |
| Mouth | baba /baba/ | baba /baba/ | babah /babah/ | mulut /mulut/ | muntung /muntuŋ/ | — | mulu /mulu/ |
| Tooth | ipon /ipon/ | ngingi /ŋiŋi/ | ipon /ipon/ | gigi /ɡiɡi/ | gigi /ɡiɡi/ | gigi /ɡiɡi/ | gigi /ɡiɡi/ |
| Tongue | dila /dila/ | dila /dila/ | dilah /dilah/ | lidah /lidah/ | ilat /ilat/ | lidah /lidah/ | lida /lida/ |
| Hand | tangan /taŋan/ | tangan /taŋan/ | tangan /taŋan/ | tangan /taŋan/ | tangan /taŋan/ | tangan /taŋan/ | tangang /taŋaŋ/ |
| Foot | pat /pat/ | pat /pat/ | — | — | batis /batis/ | — | kaki /kaki/ |
| Heart | roha /roha/ | roha /roha/ | uhur /uhur/ | hati /hati/ | ati /ati/ | hati /hati/ | hati /hati/ |
| Bone | holi-holi /holiˈholi/ | holi-holi /holiˈholi/ | holi-holi /holiˈholi/ | tulang /tulaŋ/ | tulang /tulaŋ/ | tulang /tulaŋ/ | tulang /tulaŋ/ |
| Blood | mudar /mudar/ | mudar /mudar/ | daroh /daroh/ | darah /darah/ | darah /darah/ | darah /darah/ | dara /dara/ |
| Love | holong /holoŋ/ | holong /holoŋ/ | holong /holoŋ/ | sayang /sajaŋ/ | sayang /sajaŋ/ | sayang /sajaŋ/ | sayang /sajaŋ/ |
| Tree | hayu /haju/ | hau /hau/ | hayu /haju/ | kayu /kaju/ | batang /bataŋ/ | kayu /kaju/ | pohong /pohoŋ/ |
| Dog | asu /asu/ | biang /biaŋ/ | baliang /baliaŋ/ | anjing /andʒiŋ/ | hadupan /hadupan/ | anjing /andʒiŋ/ | anjing /andʒiŋ/ |
| Cat | huting /hutiŋ/ | huting /hutiŋ/ | huting /hutiŋ/ | kucing /kutʃiŋ/ | pusa /pusa/ | — /—/ | ikung /ikuŋ/ |
| Fish | ihan /ˈihan/ | dekke /ˈdekːe/ | ihan /ˈihan/ | ikan /ˈikan/ | iwak /ˈiwak/ | ikan /ikan/ | ikang /ˈikaŋ/ |
| Bird | unggas /uŋɡas/ | pidong /pidoŋ/ | manuk-manuk /manukˈmanuk/ | burung /buruŋ/ | burung /buruŋ/ | burung /buruŋ/ | burung /buruŋ/ |
| Egg | pira /pira/ | pira /pira/ | tinaruh /tinaruh/ | telok /telok/ | hintalu /hintalu/ | — | tolor /tolor/ |
| Bear | gompul /ɡompul/ | gompul /ɡompul/ | gipul /ɡipul/ | — | biruang /biruaŋ/ | — | — |
| Horse | kudo /kudo/ | hoda /hoda/ | huda /huda/ | — | kuda /kuda/ | — | kuda /kuda/ |
| House | bagas /baɡas/ | jabu /dʒabu/ | rumah /rumah/ | rumah /rumah/ | rumah /rumah/ | rumah /rumah/ | ruma /ruma/ |
| Milk | susu /susu/ | susu /susu/ | dadih /dadih/ | susu /susu/ | susu /susu/ | susu /susu/ | susu /susu/ |
| Honey | aer ni loba /aer ni loba/ | situak ni loba /situak ni loba/ | — | — | madu /madu/ | — | madu /madu/ |
| Salt | sira /sira/ | sira /sira/ | sira /sira/ | garam /ɡaram/ | uyah /ujah/ | garam /ɡaram/ | garam /ɡaram/ |
| Wine | anggur /aŋɡur/ | anggur /aŋɡur/ | anggur /aŋɡur/ | — | anggur /aŋɡur/ | — | anggur /ˈaŋɡur/ |
| Iron | bosi /bosi/ | bosi /bosi/ | bosi /bosi/ | besi /bəsi/ | wasi /ˈwasi/ | — | besi /besi/ |
| Wheel | roda /roda/ | roda /roda/ | galapang /ɡalapaŋ/ | — | roda /roda/ | — | roda /roda/ |
| Silk | surto /surto/ | surta /surta/ | sitora /sitora/ | — | sutra /sutra/ | — | sutra /sutra/ |
| Book | buku /buku/ | buku /buku/ | buku /buku/ | buku /buku/ | buku /buku/ | — | buku /buku/ |
| Eat | mangan /maŋan/ | mangan /maŋan/ | mangan /maŋan/ | makan /makan/ | makan /makan/ | makan /makan/ | makang /makaŋ/ |
| Drink | minum /minum/ | minum /minum/ | minum /minum/ | minum /minum/ | nginum /ŋinum/ | minum /minum/ | minong /minoŋ/ |
| Sleep | modom /modom/ | modom /modom/ | modom /modom/ | tido /tido/ | guring /ɡuriŋ/ | tidur /tidur/ | tidor /tidor/ |
| One | sada /sada/ | sada /sada/ | sada /sada/ | siko /siko/ | asa /asa/ | sa /sa/ | satu /satu/ |
| Two | dua /dua/ | dua /dua/ | dua /dua/ | duo /duo/ | dua /dua/ | dua /dua/ | dua /dua/ |
| Three | tolu /tolu/ | tolu /tolu/ | tolu /tolu/ | tigo /tiɡo/ | talu /talu/ | tlu /tlu/ | tiga /tiɡa/ |
| Four | opat /opat/ | opat /opat/ | opat /opat/ | empat /əmpat/ | ampat /ampat/ | mpat /əmpat/ | ampa /ampa/ |
| Five | lima /lima/ | lima /lima/ | lima /lima/ | limo /limo/ | lima /lima/ | lima /lima/ | lima /lima/ |
| Hundred | saratus /saratus/ | saratus /saratus/ | saratus /saratus/ | seratus /səratus/ | saratus /saratus/ | ratus /ratus/ | saratus /saratus/ |
| Hello | horas /horas/ | horas /horas/ | horas /horas/ | halo /halo/ | salam /salam/ | — /—/ | cerang /tʃeraŋ/ |
| Thank you | mauliate /mauliate/ | mauliate /mauliate/ | diatebei /diatebei/ | terimo kasih /terimo kasih/ | tarima kasih /tarima kasih/ | — /—/ | tarima kase /tarima kase/ |
| Good | denggan /deŋɡan/ | denggan /deŋɡan/ | dear /dear/ | bagus /baɡus/ | bagus /baɡus/ | baik /baik/ | bae /bae/ |
| New | imbaru /imbaru/ | imbaru /imbaru/ | baru /baru/ | anyar /aɲar/ | hanyar /haɲar/ | — | baru /baru/ |
| Red | rara /rara/ | rara /rara/ | gerger /ɡerɡer/ | merah /ˈmerah/ | habang /habaŋ/ | merah /merah/ | mera /ˈmera/ |
| White | bontar /bontar/ | bontar /bontar/ | lopak /lopak/ | putih /putih/ | putih /putih/ | putih /putih/ | puti /puti/ |
| Black | lomlom /lomlom/ | birong /biroŋ/ | birong /biroŋ/ | item /itəm/ | hirang /hiraŋ/ | hitam /hitam/ | itam /itam/ |
| Green | rata /rata/ | rata /rata/ | ratah /ratah/ | ijo /idʒo/ | hijau /hidʒau/ | — | ijo /idʒo/ |
| Blue | rata langit /rata laŋit/ | balau /balau/ | — | — | biru /biru/ | — | biru /biru/ |
| Computer | komputer /komˈputər/ | komputer /komˈputər/ | komputer /komˈputər/ | komputer /komˈputər/ | komputer /komˈputər/ | — | komputer /komˈputer/ |
| Sushi | sushi /ˈsuʃi/ | sushi /ˈsuʃi/ | sushi /ˈsuʃi/ | sushi /ˈsuʃi/ | sushi /ˈsuʃi/ | pekasam /pəkasam/ | sushi /ˈsuʃi/ |
| Ninety-nine | sambilan pulu sambilan /sambilan pulu sambilan/ | siapulu sia /siapulu sia/ | — | — | sambilan puluh sambilan /sambilan puluh sambilan/ | — | sembilan pulu sembilan /sembilan pulu sembilan/ |
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