Chewong language

E783992

Austroasiatic language indigenous language natural language

The Chewong language is an indigenous Austroasiatic language spoken by the Chewong people of Peninsular Malaysia, known for its rich oral tradition and detailed vocabulary related to the forest environment.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Chong language	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austroasiatic language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
alternativeName	Cheq Wong language NERFINISHED ⓘ Cheq-Wong NERFINISHED ⓘ Chewong NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEnvironment	tropical rainforest ⓘ
associatedWithLifestyle	forest-based subsistence GENERATED ⓘ
belongsToBranch	Aslian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsToSubgroup	Northern Aslian NERFINISHED ⓘ
contactWith	Malay language ⓘ
country	Malaysia ⓘ
culturalRole	marker of Chewong identity ⓘ medium for transmitting oral history ⓘ medium for transmitting traditional beliefs ⓘ
documentationStatus	limited linguistic description ⓘ some published wordlists and grammatical notes ⓘ
domainOfKnowledge	forest ecology ⓘ hunting and gathering practices ⓘ local flora and fauna ⓘ
endangermentStatus	endangered language ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated	Chewong NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	detailed vocabulary related to the forest environment ⓘ rich oral tradition ⓘ traditional use in oral narratives ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom	Malay language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMorphology	little inflectional morphology ⓘ
hasPhonology	contrasts oral and nasal vowels ⓘ has consonant inventory typical of Aslian languages ⓘ
hasSyntax	basic SVO word order (subject–verb–object) ⓘ
hasTypology	analytic language ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script no long-standing indigenous script ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	cwg ⓘ
languageFamily	Austroasiatic NERFINISHED ⓘ
minorityLanguageIn	Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Pahang NERFINISHED ⓘ central Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ
spokenBy	Chewong people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenByPopulationType	small ethnic minority group ⓘ
spokenIn	Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Peninsular Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
threatenedBy	language shift to Malay ⓘ socioeconomic integration with wider Malaysian society ⓘ
usedAlongside	Malay language NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	daily communication among Chewong people ⓘ oral literature ⓘ ritual discourse ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Aslian languages → hasMemberLanguage → Chewong language ⓘ

Aslian languages of Peninsular Malaysia → hasMember → Chewong language ⓘ

Pearic languages → hasMember → Chewong language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chong language