Batak Simalungun language
# Batak Simalungun language

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

## Phonology

Consonants :

| | | Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nasal | Nasal | m | n | | ŋ | |
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | | k | |
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiced | b | d | dʒ | ɡ | |
| Fricative | Fricative | | s | | | h |
| Rhotic | Rhotic | | r | | | |
| Lateral | Lateral | | l | | | |
| Approximant | Approximant | w | | j | | |

/b, d/ can also have implosive allophones [ɓ, ɗ].

Vowels :

| | Front | Central | Back |
| - | - | - | - |
| Close | i | | u |
| Mid | ɛ | | ɔ |
| Open | | a | |

Sounds /i, u, ɛ, ɔ, a/ can have allophones [ɪ, ʊ, e, o, ɑ].

