Siladang Language

Siladang language is categorized as a language minority. This language is only found in the Sipapaga Village and Aek Banir Village in the District of Panyabungan, Mandailing Natal (Madina), North Sumatra Province. The number of speakers (ethnic populations Siladang) is recorded 2.358 people (Based on The Central of Statistic Bureau, Madina, 2014). It is still functioning as a mean of communication for ethnic Siladang inlimited space, time, and ecology because of being pressured by the dominance of the neighbor language, namely Mandailing language. Ethnic Siladang as a speaker of Siladang languageis a minority ethnic surrounding the majority ethnic that is Mandailing ethnic as a speaker of Mandailing language. Geographically, both of Siladang ethnics are living in the middle of Mandailing ethnics, in the east and southeast and the north and south of the village. Siladang ethnic ancestors are Lubu. Historically, ethnic Siladang are migrants from Pinyongek (Sibinail), an area located in the village of Muara Sipongi, Madina, North Sumatra province, which is border directly with the province of West Sumatra.