Batak language (Philippines) should not be confused with Batak languages.
| Batak | |
| Also Known As: | Palawan Batak |
| States: | Philippines |
| Region: | Palawan |
| Ethnicity: | 2,040 (1990 census) |
| Speakers: | 200 |
| Date: | 2000 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam3: | Philippine |
| Fam4: | Greater Central Philippine |
| Fam5: | Palawanic |
| Script: | Tagbanwa script |
| Iso3: | bya |
| Glotto: | bata1301 |
| Glottorefname: | Batak |
Batak is an Austronesian language spoken by the Batak people on Palawan Island in the Philippines. It is sometimes disambiguated from the Batak languages as Palawan Batak.
Batak is spoken in the communities of Babuyan, Maoyon, Tanabag, Langogan, Tagnipa, Caramay, and Buayan. Surrounding languages include Southern Tagbanwa, Central Tagbanwa, Kuyonon, and Agutaynen.[1]
| Plosive | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Lateral | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Rhotic | pronounced as /link/~pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | pronounced as /link/ |
| nominative | genitive | oblique | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| enclitic | preposed | ||||
| 1.sg. | aku | ku | akɨn | kanakɨn | |
| 2.sg. | ikaw/ka | mu | imu | kanimu | |
| 3.sg. | kanya | ya | kanya | kanya | |
| 1.pl.dual | kita/ta | ta | atɨn | kanatɨn | |
| 1.pl.incl. | tami | tami | atɨn | kanatɨn | |
| 1.pl.excl. | kami | men | amɨn | kanamɨn | |
| 2.pl. | kamu | mi | imyu | kanimyu | |
| 3.pl. | sira | sira | sira | kanira | |