| Mentawai | |
|---|---|
| Nganga Simatawe | |
| Native to | West Sumatra,Indonesia |
| Region | Mentawai Islands |
Native speakers | (58,000 cited 2000 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mwv |
| Glottolog | ment1249 |
TheMentawai language is anAustronesian language, spoken by theMentawai people of theMentawai Islands,West Sumatra,Indonesia.
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]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | (t͡ɕ) | k |
| voiced | b | d | d͡ʑ | ɡ | |
| Fricative | s | ||||
| Lateral | l | ||||
| Rhotic | r | ||||
| Semivowel | w | j | |||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
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