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Mentawai language

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Region
  
Mentawai Islands

ISO 639-3
  
mwv

Native speakers
  
58,000 (2000 census)

Glottolog
  
ment1249

Native to
  
West Sumatra, Indonesia

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian Northwest Sumatran Mentawai

The Mentawai language is an Austronesian language, spoken by the Mentawai people of the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra.

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Dialects

According to Ethnologue, Mentawai dialects include: Silabu, Sipura – Simalegi, Sakalagan, Saumanganja – North Siberut, South Siberut – Taikaku – Pagai.

Syamsir Arifin, et al. (1992) list twelve dialects of Mentawai:

  • South Siberut
  • Madobat
  • Salappa
  • Ulubaga
  • Sipora
  • Bariulou
  • Bosua
  • Sioban
  • North Pagai
  • Pasapuat
  • Silabu
  • Saumanganya
  • South Pagai
  • Boriai
  • Bulasat
  • Sikakap

    • Dialects in Siberut Island are:

  • Sikapone
  • Togiiite
  • Pokai
  • Simajegi
  • Simatalu
  • Paipajet
  • Sakuddei
  • Sagulubbe
  • Sirileleu
  • Sikabaluan
  • Sempungan
  • Saibi & Sarabua
  • Silaoinan
  • Sarareiket
  • Sabirut
  • Syamsir Arifin; Nasroel Malano; Yuslina Kasim. 1992. Fonologi bahasa Mentawai. Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaa.

    • References

    Mentawai language Wikipedia
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