Mendawai language
Austronesian language spoken in Kalimantan, Indonesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Mentawai language.
Mendawai is an Austronesian language spoken along the lower course of the Arut River in West Kotawaringin Regency, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.[1] It is at the mutually unintelligible end of a dialect continuum with Ngaju. Mendawai and Ngaju share c. 70% of their basic vocabulary.[2][3]
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Mendawai | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Kalimantan |
Ethnicity | Mendawai |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 20,000[citation needed]) |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ā |
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