Mendawai language explained

Mendawai language should not be confused with Mentawai language.

Mendawai
States:	Indonesia
Region:	Kalimantan
Ethnicity:	Mendawai
Speakers:	20,000
Date:	no date
Familycolor:	Austronesian
Fam2:	Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:	West Barito
Fam4:	South

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]}

Vocabulary

!Mendawai!Bahasa Indonesia!English

		I
		You
		Why
		Where
		When
		Don't
		Man
		Woman
		He/She
		Yes
		No
		Who
		What
		How
		We
		We

Notes and References

1. Rianti, Yuni. 2009. Pemetaan pemakaian kata sapaan dalam Bahasa Mendawai dan Kota Waringin di masyarakat Pangkalan Bun, Kalimantan Tengah. Malang: Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang.
2. White . Chad . 2008 . Genetic inheritance in the Malayic languages of Kotawaringin Barat, Indonesia . M.A. thesis . Athens . University of Georgia .
3. Book: Wood, Lalani . 2000 . Language variation in Kotawaringin Barat and its implications for community development: A survey report . Michael Leigh . Borneo 2000: Sixth Biennial Meeting of the Borneo Research Council . Kota Samarahan . Universiti Malaysia Sarawak : Sarawak Development Institute.