Mentawai language

Mentawai language
Mentawai
Behase Mentawei
Spoken in  Indonesia
Region Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra (Indonesia)
Native speakers 58,000 (2000 census)[1]
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mwv

The Mentawai language is an Austronesian language, spoken by the Mentawai-people of the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra. The dialects of the language include: – Silabu, Sipura – Simalegi, Sakalagan, Saumanganja – North Siberut, South Siberut – Taikaku – Pagai.

References

  1. ^ Mentawai language at Ethnologue



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