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Karo Batak

Karo Batak proper noun: an Austronesian language that is spoken by the Karo people of Indonesia; ISO code btx.

Proper noun

Karo Batak

  1. An Austronesian language that is spoken by the Karo people of Indonesia; ISO code btx.
    • Thus, when Brandstetter compares Karo Batak kilkil "to gnaw", Bisayan baŋkil "to bite" he is justified in regarding this as evidence — albeit very slender evidence — for an "Original Indonesian" root kil.1988, Austronesian Root Theory: An Essay on the Limits of Morphology (R. A. Blust), page 12
    • Karo Batak (spoken in Sumatra, Indonesia)
      […]
      Table 13: Karo Batak verb forms (Norwood)2002, The history and typology of western Austronesian voice systems (Fay Wouk, Malcolm Ross), page 2 and page 467

Questions about Karo Batak

What does Karo Batak mean?
Karo Batak means an Austronesian language that is spoken by the Karo people of Indonesia; ISO code btx.
What part of speech is Karo Batak?
Karo Batak is a proper noun.

Words near Karo Batak in the dictionary

  1. Karnofsky
  2. karns
  3. Karnses
  4. Karnul
  5. karo
  6. Karo Batak
  7. karob
  8. karobs
  9. Karofsky
  10. karogram
  11. karoid

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