Mentawai language

Mentawai
Mentawai
Behase Mentawei
Native to	West Sumatra, Indonesia
Region	Mentawai Islands
Native speakers	58,000 (2000 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian Northwest Sumatran Mentawai; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mwv
Glottolog	ment1249

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

Dialects

According to Ethnologue, 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:

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

References

^ ^a ^b Mentawai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Links

Syamsir Arifin; Nasroel Malano; Yuslina Kasim. 1992. Fonologi bahasa Mentawai. Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaa.

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[e18-1] Mentawai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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