Northwest Sumatran languages

Northwest Sumatran
North Sumatran Northwest Sumatran – Barrier Islands
Geographic distribution:	Sumatra
Linguistic classification:	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian Northwest Sumatran

Glottolog:	`nort2829`^[1]

The Northwest Sumatran languages are a group of languages spoken by the Batak and related peoples in the interior of northern Sumatra, and by the Nias, Mentawai, etc. on the barrier islands (Simeulue, Nias, and Mentawai Islands) off the western coast of Sumatra.

Classification

The languages normally included in North Sumatran are,

Batak languages
Gayo
Enggano (divergent)
Mentawai
Northern Barrier Islands: Nias–Sikule, Simeulue

The Nasal language was discovered in 2008 in Kaur Regency, Bengkulu Province, Sumatra. Its classification is uncertain.

References

^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Northwest Sumatran". Glottolog 2.2. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages

Malayo-Sumbawan

Sundanese

Sundanese
Baduy

Madurese

Malayo-Chamic

Aceh–Chamic	Acehnese Haroi Cham dialects E De Jarai Chru Roglai Tsat (Utsat)

Malayic	Malaccan Malay (Malaysian & Indonesian) Banjar Brunei/Kedayan Malay Berau Malay Bangka Malay Balau Bengkulu (Central Malay) Col Duano’ Haji Iban Jambi Malay Jakun Kedah Malay Kutai Malay Kaur Kerinci Kelantan-Pattani Malay (Yawi) Kendayan Keninjal Kubu Orang Laut Lubu Minangkabau Musi Mualang Orang Kanaq Orang Seletar Pekal Remun Seberuang Sebuyau Temuan Urak Lawoi’

Bali–Sasak	Balinese Sasak Sumbawa

Northwest Sumatran

Batak	Batak Dairi Batak Karo Batak Simalungun Batak Angkola Mandailing Toba Batak

Lampungic

Lampung Nyo
Lampung Api
Komering

Celebic
(Disputed)

South Sulawesi

Moken

Moken dialects

Javanese

Osing
Tenggerese
Kawi (Old Javanese)

Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
(over 700 languages)

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian groups	Halmahera–Cenderawasih Oceanic languages

Central Malayo-Polynesian linkages	Sumba–Flores Selaru West Damar Teor–Kur Kei–Tanimbar Aru North Bomberai Kowiai Central Maluku Timor–Babar

Unclassified

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Northwest Sumatran languages