AUSTRONESIAN: INDONESIAN & TOBA BATAK

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Indonesian, the official and national language of Indonesia, is a standardized variety of Malay and has long served as a lingua franca in the multilingual Indonesian archipelago. Indonesia, the fourth most populous country globally, has over 279 million people, the majority of whom speak Indonesian, making it one of the world's most widely spoken languages.

Toba Batak is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1,610,000 people in North Sumatra, Indonesia, particularly around Lake Toba. It is part of the Batak language group. Historically, Toba Batak was written in the Batak script, but now the Latin script is predominantly used. The term "Toba Batak" refers both to the language and to the people who speak it.

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