Mendawai language
| Mendawai | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Kalimantan |
| Ethnicity | Mendawai |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 20,000) |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Mendawai is an Austronesian language spoken along the lower course of the Arut River in West Kotawaringin Regency, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is at the mutually unintelligible end of a dialect continuum with Ngaju. Mendawai and Ngaju share c. 70% of their basic vocabulary.