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Mentawai language

Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mentawai language
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Mentawai (/ˌmɛntəˈwaɪ/ MEN-tə-WYE; Nganga Simatawe, IPA: [ˈŋa.ŋa siˈma.ta.we], Indonesian: Bahasa Mentawai [baˈha.sa mənˈtawai]), also known as Mantawai, Mentawei and Mentawi, is an Austronesian language, spoken by the Mentawai and Sakuddei people of the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Dialects and sub-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:

Dialects in Siberut Island are:[2]

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

Consonants

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  • 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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References

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