Mentawai
Austronesian language, spoken by the Mentawai-people of the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra
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Mentawai
Summary
Mentawai is a language[1]. Mentawai ranks in the top 5% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Mentawai is in the country of Indonesia[3].
- Mentawai's instance of is recorded as language[4].
- Mentawai's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
- Mentawai is a type of Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands[6].
- Mentawai's writing system is recorded as Latin script[7].
- Mentawai's Wikimedia language code is recorded as mwv[8].
- Mentawai's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mentawai language[9].
- Mentawai's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'id', 'text': 'bahasa Mentawai'}[10].
- Mentawai's indigenous to is recorded as West Sumatra[11].
- Mentawai's indigenous to is recorded as Sumatra[12].
- Mentawai's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/MWV[13].
- Mentawai's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 5 Developing[14].
Why It Matters
Mentawai ranks in the top 5% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37 views/month).[2] Mentawai has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Mentawai is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]