only a tiny number of Karo can write or understand the script, and instead the Latin script is used. Karo is a Northern Batak language, and is closely related...

infobox; Lake Toba separates the Karo (Northern Batak) from direct contact with the Toba (Southern Batak). The Batak languages can be shown to descend from...

The Karo (also known as Karo Batak) people are a people of the Tanah Karo (Karo lands) in North Sumatra, Indonesia. The Karo lands consist of Karo Regency...

predominantly found in North Sumatra, Indonesia, who speak Batak languages. The term is used to include the Karo, Pakpak, Simalungun, Toba, Angkola, Mandailing and...

freshwater fishes. Batak culinary centers are located in towns of Batak highlands, such as the town of Kabanjahe and Berastagi in Tanah Karo area. While some...

Simalungun, and the Karo. While the groups are now Muslim or Christian, elements of the ancient Batak religion remain, particularly amongst the Karo. The bale ("meeting...

language (Nilotic), a Nilotic language of Uganda, South Sudan and the DRC Batak Karo language, an Austronesian language of Sumatra, Indonesia The Kalo...

This "Batak" language is different from the languages of other Batak people that can be divided into speaking a northern Batak dialect (Karo Batak, and...

000 native, Malaysia) Batak Angkola language (750,000 native, Indonesia) Jambi Malay (700,000 native, Indonesia) Batak Karo language (600,000 native, Indonesia)...

seat is the town of Kabanjahe. The Batak Karo language is spoken in the regency, as well as the Indonesian language. It borders Southeast Aceh Regency...

Batak script, but judging from the widespread tradition of writing love laments, especially among the Karo, Simalungun, and Angkola-Mandailing Batak,...

Simalungun, or Batak Simalungun, is an Austronesian language of Sumatra. It is spoken mainly in Simalungun Regency and Pematang Siantar, North Sumatra...

they tend to self-identify as merely Batak instead of ‘Toba’ or ‘Batak Toba’, contrary to the habit of the Karo, Mandailing, Simalungun, Pakpak communities...

of the local people are Karo who speak the Batak Karo language. A favorite food among locals is roast pork or Babi Panggang Karo. Kabanjahe is the seat...

from the Batak Karo word madan (ᯔᯑᯉ᯳), which literally means 'healed', 'blessed', or 'recovered'. The term is associated with the historical Karo figure...

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...

Toba Batak, but culturally closest to Karo Batak. Both Batak groups migrated from Toba and Pakpak to participate in trade. The Simalungun language is still...

2021). "Kajian Etnobiologi Terites dan Kidu-Kidu Makanan Budaya Suku Batak Karo di Sumatera Utara". Journal of Tropical Ethnobotany: 29–33. ISSN 2722-0257...

from their father. In Batak Toba mythology, marga is traced to the common ancestor "Si Raja Batak" (The King of Batak). In Karo mythology, the five marga...

Batak is an Austronesian language spoken by the Batak people on Palawan Island in the Philippines. It is sometimes disambiguated from the Batak languages...

can be found in every Batak languages, with a few exceptions being; Batak Dairi and Batak Karo. The Batak Karo and the Dairi Batak has their own greetings...

Mandailing Batak or Mandailing is an Austronesian language spoken in Sumatra, the northern island of Indonesia. It is spoken mainly in Mandailing Natal...

Simalungun, Karo, and Pakpak). In 1917, the "Hatopan Christen Batak" (HCB) which later became one of the nuclei for the independent Batak church, was...

areas surrounding Lake Toba have large Christian populations of the Batak Toba, Karo and Pakpak ethnic groups. Apart from this, most other parts of North...

of the Karo people from the interior of North Sumatra. An area near Lake Toba called Batakland (or the Batak Lands) housed kingdoms of Batak people....

(Ugamo Malim or Batak nation religion), the modern form of the traditional Batak religion. People who are not familiar with the Batak language may erroneously...

or ta-bela, tabelak, taula, tuala, tuwala. On Sumatra, the Batak call it tinambela. In Karo, it is called meraan. In Thailand, it is referred to as thurian...

the Indonesian language. Babi panggang Karo and Babi panggang Toba are two similar dishes made by the Christian Batak Toba and Batak Karo of North Sumatra...

Azerbaijani Balinese Baluchi Bambara Baoulé Bashkir Basque Batak Karo Batak Simalungun Batak Toba Belarusian Bemba Bengali Betawi Bhojpuri Bikol Bosnian...

Islands languages (also Barrier Islands–Batak languages or Sumatran languages) are a group of Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken by the Batak and related...