Mentawai language
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. 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
- Sikapone
- Togiiite
- Pokai
- Simajegi
- Simatalu
- Paipajet
- Sakuddei
- Sagulubbe
- Sirileleu
- Sikabaluan
- Sempungan
- Saibi & Sarabua
- Silaoinan
- Sarareiket
- Sabirut