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
Karo may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Karo people (East Africa), a group of tribes in East Africa
* Karo people (Ethiopia), an ethnic group from Ethiopia
* Karo people (Indonesia), the indigenous people of the Karo Plateau in North Sumatra
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, 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
*
Alas people
The Alas people is an indigenous ethnic group from Kutacane, Southeast Aceh district, Sumatra, Indonesia. The Alas are found in the Gunung Leuser, Ketambe, and Alas River areas.
Van Daalen's Alas, Batak and Gayo campaign　
At the final stage ...
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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 regions ...
*
Singkil people
References
Further reading
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Batak languages
Languages of Aceh
Languages of Sumatra
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