Aslian languages

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Aslian languages are a subgroup of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily by indigenous Orang Asli communities in Peninsular Malaysia and parts of southern Thailand.

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Label Occurrences
Aslian languages canonical 3

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language family
subgroup of Austroasiatic languages
arealFeature influenced by Malay
influenced by Thai
country Malaysia
Thailand
ethnicGroupAssociated Batek people
Semai people
surface form: Chewong people

Jahai people
Mah Meri people
Semai people
Temiar people
glottologCode asli1242
hasAlternativeName Aslian
Aslian branch
hasMemberLanguage Batek language
Chewong language
Jah Hut language
Jahai language
Kensiu language
Kintaq language
surface form: Kintaq Bong language

Kintaq language
Lanoh language
Mah Meri language
Mendriq language
Mintil language
Semai language
Semaq Beri language
Temiar language
Ten'edn language
Tonga language (Aslian)
hasSubgroup Central Aslian languages
Northern Aslian languages
Southern Aslian languages
linguisticTypology monosyllabic tendencies
mostly analytic
notableResearcher Geoffrey Benjamin
Nicole Kruspe
partOf Mon–Khmer branch (traditional classification)
phonologicalFeature contrastive nasalization in some languages
rich consonant inventories
region Malay Peninsula
spokenBy Orang Asli
spokenIn West Malaysia
surface form: Peninsular Malaysia

southern Thailand
status many languages endangered
several languages severely endangered
subclassOf Austroasiatic
surface form: Austroasiatic languages
usedFor oral storytelling traditions
traditional rituals of Orang Asli communities
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Austroasiatic hasLanguage Aslian languages
Aslian branch hasAlternativeName Aslian languages
Proto-Austroasiatic ancestorOf Aslian languages