Nias language

Nias
Nias
Li Niha
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Nias and Batu Islands, North Sumatra
Ethnicity	Nias people
Native speakers	770,000 (2000 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands Northern Barrier Islands Nias–Sikule Nias; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-2	nia
ISO 639-3	nia
Glottolog	nias1242
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A video of spoken Nias

The Nias language is an Austronesian language spoken on Nias Island and the Batu Islands off the west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. It is known as Li Niha by its native speakers. It belongs to the Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands subgroup which also includes Mentawai and the Batak languages.^[1] It had about 770,000 speakers in 2000.^[1] There are three main dialects: northern, central and southern.^[2] It is an open-syllable language, which means there are no syllable-final consonants.

Nias
Li Niha
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Nias and Batu Islands, North Sumatra
Ethnicity	Nias people
Native speakers	770,000 (2000 census)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands Northern Barrier Islands Nias–Sikule Nias
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-2	`nia`
ISO 639-3	`nia`
Glottolog	`nias1242`
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.