Pakpak, or Batak Dairi, 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 ...

. It is spoken in

Dairi Regency Dairi Regency is a regency on the west shore of Lake Toba in North Sumatra, Indonesia. The regency covers an area of square kilometres and it had a population of 269,848 people at the 2010 Census and 308,764 at the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Stati ...

Pakpak Bharat Regency Pakpak Bharat Regency is a regency in North Sumatra, Indonesia. The regency covers an area of 1,218.3 square kilometres and it had a population of 40,481 at the 2010 census and 52,351 at the 2020 Census. Its seat is the town of Salak, North Sumatr ...

, Parlilitan district of Humbang Hasundutan Regency, Manduamas district of

Central Tapanuli Regency Central Tapanuli Regency (''Tapanuli Tengah'' in Indonesia) is a regency in North Sumatra province, Sumatra, Indonesia. The seat of regency government is at Pandan. The regency covers an area of 2,194.98 km2 and it had a population of 311,232 at ...

, and

Subulussalam Subulussalam ( Jawoë: سبل السلام) is a city in the south of Aceh province of Indonesia. It is located inland on the island of Sumatra. On 2 January 2007, the provincial government of Aceh declared Subulussalam to be an independent ''city ...

and

Aceh Singkil Regency Aceh Singkil Regency ( id, Kabupaten Aceh Singkil) is a regency in the Aceh province of Indonesia. It is situated largely on the island of Sumatra, but also includes the offshore Banyak Islands, the largest of which is Tuangku (Great Banyak), wi ...

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