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Mentawai language

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Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia
Not to be confused withMendawai language.
Mentawai
Nganga Simatawe
Native toWest Sumatra,Indonesia
RegionMentawai Islands
Native speakers
(58,000 cited 2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mwv
Glottologment1249

TheMentawai language is anAustronesian language, spoken by theMentawai people of theMentawai Islands,West Sumatra,Indonesia.

Dialects

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According toEthnologue, Mentawai dialects include: Silabu, Sipura – Simalegi, Sakalagan, Saumanganja – North Siberut, South Siberut – Taikaku – Pagai.[1]

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

Dialects inSiberut Island are:[2]

  • Sikapone
  • Togiiite
  • Pokai
  • Simajegi
  • Simatalu
  • Paipajet
  • Sakuddei
  • Sagulubbe
  • Sirileleu
  • Sikabaluan
  • Sempungan
  • Saibi & Sarabua
  • Silaoinan
  • Sarareiket
  • Sabirut

Phonology

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Consonants

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LabialAlveolarPalatalVelar
Nasalmnɲŋ
Plosive/
Affricate
voicelesspt(t͡ɕ)k
voicedbdd͡ʑɡ
Fricatives
Laterall
Rhoticr
Semivowelwj
  • Allophones of /b ɡ k/ can be heard as [β ɣ ʔ]. [t͡ɕ] is a distinct sound in Mentawai, but not given phoneme status by Syamsir et al. because of the lack of minimal contrasts.[3]
  • The semivowels /w j/ only appear in final position.

Vowels

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FrontCentralBack
Closeiu
Mideo
Opena

References

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  1. ^abMentawai atEthnologue (18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
  2. ^"Findresults.site".
  3. ^Arifin, Malano & Kasim (1992)

Bibliography

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