Mentawai language
Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Mentawai | |
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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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