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Mentawai language
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The Mentawai language is an Austronesian language, spoken by the Mentawai people of the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra, Indonesia.
Dialects
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:
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
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