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Jahai language

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Ethnicity
  
1,800 (2008)

Glottolog
  
jeha1242

ISO 639-3
  
jhi

Native to
  
Malaysia, a few in Thailand

Native speakers
  
1,000 in Malaysia (2006)

Language family
  
Austroasiatic Aslian Jahaic Eastern Jahai

Jahai (Jehai) is an aboriginal Mon–Khmer language spoken by the Jahai tribe living in Taman Negeri Diraja Belum of Perak, Malaya. The small number of speakers is increasing.

Jahai vocabulary includes a series of words for describing odors.

References

Jahai language Wikipedia


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