Mentawai language
| Mentawai | |
|---|---|
| Behase Mentawei | |
| Native to | West Sumatra, Indonesia |
| Region | Mentawai Islands |
|
Native speakers
|
58,000 (2000 census) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | ment1249 |
The Mentawai language is an Austronesian language, spoken by the Mentawai people of the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra.
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:
Dialects in Siberut Island are:
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