Alas, Alas-Kluet, or ''Batak Alas'', is an
Austronesian language of
Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
. The three dialects, Alas, Kluet, and Singkil (Kade-Kade), may not constitute a single language; Alas may be closer to
Karo, and the others closer to
Dairi. By
linguistic affiliation, Alas–Kluet belongs to the
Batak subgroup. Ethnically, however, its speakers generally do not identify as
Batak
Batak is a collective term used to identify a number of closely related Austronesian ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra, Indonesia, who speak Batak languages. The term is used to include the Karo, Pakpak, Simalungun, Toba, ...
, mostly because of their religion.
See also
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Alas people
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Kluet people
Kluet or Kluwat people dwell in a number of districts in South Aceh Regency, Aceh, Indonesia namely North Kluet, South Kluet, Central Kluet and East Kluet. The Kluet people are regarded as part of the Batak people sub-ethnicity. The Kluet region ...
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Singkil people
Singkil people are an ethnic group of people found in Aceh Singkil Regency and Subulussalam, Aceh province, Indonesia.
The customs and culture of the Singkil people are very different from the Pakpak people. This is because of the Singkil peop ...
References
Further reading
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Batak languages
Languages of Aceh
Languages of Sumatra
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