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Dear all,<br>
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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.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
David<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Here are the sentences:<br>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">1<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Mangan
pidong i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">2<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Mabiar
harimo i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">3<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Manggambar
biang i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">4<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Manjait
takkuluk i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">5<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Manortor
meja i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">6<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Maluppat
kursi i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">7<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Mekkel
kopi i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">8<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Sonang
hepeng i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">9<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Manakkup
huting
bagudung i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">10<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Mangharat
ulok
bagudung i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">11<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Manorong
anak
boru motor i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">12<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Mamereng
harimo gaja
i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">13<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Mangan
sunge
badut i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">14<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Manobang
kapak
tantara i </p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">15<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Manginum
surat
badut i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">16<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Manuhor
las roha
badut i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">17<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Mangan
manuk i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">18<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Mabiar
biang i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">19<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Manggambar
pohon
i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">20<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Manjait
salawar i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">21<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Manortor
solu i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">22<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Maluppat
pagar i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">23<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Mekkel
salawar i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">24<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Sonang
bunga i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">25<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Manakkup
herek
jolma i<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">26<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Mangharat
ulok
huting i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">27<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Manorong
garobak
anak boru i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">28<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Mamereng
dakdanak
pisang i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">29<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Mangan
pohon
jolma i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">30<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Manobang
piso
jolma i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">31<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Manginum
koran
jolma i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">32<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Manuhor
las roha
jolma i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">33<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Marikkati
pisang
i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">34<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Mangan
motor anak
boru i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">35<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Mangharat
huting
biang i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">36<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Mabiar
tu herek
jolma i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">37<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Manakkup
biang
huting i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">38<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Manghutti
tas
halak i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">39<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Marikkati
huting
i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">40<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Marburu
jolma i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">101<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Mangan
pisang
jolma i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">102<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Marbadai
tu anak
boru bawa i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">103<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Marbadai
tu bawa
anak boru i</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">104<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Mangan
jolma i</p>
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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: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gil@eva.mpg.de">gil@eva.mpg.de</a>
Webpage: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.eva.mpg.de/~gil/">http://www.eva.mpg.de/~gil/</a>
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