[An-lang] query: which Batak language is this?

[David Gil]

Dear all,

I am looking for someone who can help me with a problem of language 
identification.  Last month I did some field work in the city of 
Pematangsiantar, in North Sumatra, on the local variety of Batak. Going 
by the Ethnologue map, I naively assumed that I was eliciting data in 
Simalungun Batak, but I later found out that most people in the town 
actually speak Toba Batak.  I have reproduced below the sentences that I 
elicited: could someone please tell me whether these are Toba or 
Simalungun, or perhaps some mixture of the two.

Thanks,

David



Here are the sentences:

1Mangan pidong i

2Mabiar harimo i

3Manggambar biang i

4Manjait takkuluk i

5Manortor meja i

6Maluppat kursi i

7Mekkel kopi i

8Sonang hepeng i

9Manakkup huting bagudung i

10Mangharat ulok bagudung i

11Manorong anak boru motor i

12Mamereng harimo gaja i

13Mangan sunge badut i

14Manobang kapak tantara i

15Manginum surat badut i

16Manuhor las roha badut i

17Mangan manuk i

18Mabiar biang i

19Manggambar pohon i

20Manjait salawar i

21Manortor solu i

22Maluppat pagar i

23Mekkel salawar i

24Sonang bunga i

25Manakkup herek jolma i

26Mangharat ulok huting i

27Manorong garobak anak boru i

28Mamereng dakdanak pisang i

29Mangan pohon jolma i

30Manobang piso jolma i

31Manginum koran jolma i

32Manuhor las roha jolma i

33Marikkati pisang i

34Mangan motor anak boru i

35Mangharat huting biang i

36Mabiar tu herek jolma i

37Manakkup biang huting i

38Manghutti tas halak i

39Marikkati huting i

40Marburu jolma i

101Mangan pisang jolma i

102Marbadai tu anak boru bawa i

103Marbadai tu bawa anak boru i

104Mangan jolma i


-- 
David Gil

Department of Linguistics
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany

Telephone: 49-341-3550321 Fax: 49-341-3550333
Email: gil at eva.mpg.de
Webpage:  http://www.eva.mpg.de/~gil/

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