Angkola people

{{Short description|One of Batak ethnic groups}}

{{Infobox ethnic group

|group = Angkola people
Batak Angkola / ᯅᯖᯄ᯦᯲ ᯀᯰᯄ᯦ᯬᯞ

|image = Bajuadatbatakangkolatapsel.jpg

|caption =

|population = 1,238,000{{cite web|url=http://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/10718/ID |title=Batak Angkola in Indonesia |publisher=Joshua Project |access-date=2021-11-12}}

|popplace = {{flag|Indonesia}} (South Tapanuli Regency of North Sumatra)

|langs = Angkola language, Toba language

|rels = 15pxSunni Islam 95%,
15px Christianity 5%

|related = Toba Batak people, Mandailing people, Simalungun people

}}

The Angkola (also known as Angkola Batak) people are part of the Batak ethnic group from North Sumatra who live in the South Tapanuli regency. The Angkola language is similar to Mandailing language also with Toba language, but it is sociolinguistically distinct.{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/akb/view/***EDITION*** |title=Batak Angkola |publisher=Ethnologue: Languages of the World |editor1-last=Lewis |editor1-first=M. Paul |editor2-first=Gary F. |editor2-last=Simons |editor3-first=Charles D. |editor3-last=Fennig |year=2014 |access-date=2014-09-16}}

The name Angkola is believed to have originated from the Angkola River or Batang Angkola, which was named by an officer called Rajendra Kola{{cite book|author=M. Rasjid Manggis Dt Radjo Panghulu|title=Minangkabau: Sejarah Ringkas Dan Adatnya|year=1982|publisher=Penerbit Mutiara}} (Angkola or city lord) who was passing through Padang Lawas and later came to power there. The southern (downstream) part of the Angkola River is called Angkola Jae, while the northern (upstream) part is called Angkola Julu.{{cite web|url=http://planetbatak.blogspot.com/2013/08/suku-batak-angkola.html |title=Suku Batak Angkola |publisher=Planet Batak |date=August 2013 |access-date=2014-09-16}}

The Angkola people practice patrilineal kinship, and the clans and surnames of the Angkola people are based on the patrilineal system. There are only a few Angkola surnames - Siregar, Dalimunthe, Harahap, Hasibuan, Rambe, Nasution, Daulay, Tanjung, Ritonga, Batubara and Hutasuhut, amongst others.{{cite book|author=Ch. Sutan Tinggibarani Perkasa Alam|title=Tarombo Marga-Marga: Batak Toba, Angkola, Padanglawas, Mandailing, Simalungun, Karo, Dairi-Pakpak, Nias: Untuk Lintas Jenjang Pendidikan|year=2011|publisher=Mitra|isbn=978-602-941-402-8}} Angkola society strictly prohibits marriage between people with the same surname.

Most of the Angkola are Muslim while a small minority are Christian.{{Cite book |last=Weekes |first=Richard V. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dQ3FEAAAQBAJ |title=Muslim Peoples [2 Volumes]: A World Ethnographic Survey |date=1984 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-313-23392-0 |pages=118 |language=en}}