Mentawai_language
Mentawai language
Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia
Not to be confused with Mendawai language.
The Mentawai language is an Austronesian language, spoken by the Mentawai people of the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra, Indonesia.
Quick Facts Native to, Region ...
| Mentawai | |
|---|---|
| Nganga Simatawe | |
| Native to | West Sumatra, Indonesia |
| Region | Mentawai Islands |
Native speakers | 58,000 (2000 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mwv |
| Glottolog | ment1249 |
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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:
- Mentawai
- South Siberut
- Madobat
- Salappa
- Ulubaga
- Sipora
- Bariulou
- Bosua
- Sioban
- North Pagai
- Pasapuat
- Silabu
- Saumanganya
- South Pagai
- Boriai
- Bulasat
- Sikakap
- South Siberut
Dialects in Siberut Island are:[2]
- Sikapone
- Togiiite
- Pokai
- Simajegi
- Simatalu
- Paipajet
- Sakuddei
- Sagulubbe
- Sirileleu
- Sikabaluan
- Sempungan
- Saibi & Sarabua
- Silaoinan
- Sarareiket
- Sabirut
Consonants
More information Labial, Alveolar ...
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
| Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | (t͡ɕ) | k |
| voiced | b | d | d͡ʑ | ɡ | |
| Fricative | s | ||||
| Lateral | l | ||||
| Rhotic | r | ||||
| Semivowel | w | j | |||
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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
- Mentawai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Arifin, Syamsir; Malano, Nasroel; Kasim, Yuslina (1992). Fonologi Bahasa Mentawai [Mentawai Language Phonology] (PDF) (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaa.
- Adriani, N. (1928). "Spraakkunstige Schets van de Taal der Mĕntawai-Eilanden" [Grammar Sketch of the Language of the Mĕntawai Islands]. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië (in Dutch). 84 (1): 1–117. doi:10.1163/22134379-90001493. JSTOR 20770239.
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