Jahai language

E788135

The Jahai language is an indigenous Mon–Khmer language spoken by the Jahai people, a small hunter-gatherer community in the Malay Peninsula.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jahai language canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austroasiatic language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
approximateSpeakers a few hundred ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
culturalRole primary marker of Jahai ethnic identity ⓘ
endangermentStatus endangered ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jahai ⓘ
glottocode jaha1244 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Jahaé ⓘ
linked to: Jahai

Jehai ⓘ
linked to: Jahai
hasFeature complex phonology typical of Aslian languages ⓘ
oral language with limited written tradition ⓘ
rich system of basic smell terms ⓘ
isMinorityLanguageIn Malaysia ⓘ
ISO639-3Code jhi ⓘ
isPartOf Northern Aslian languages ⓘ
isRelatedTo Batek language ⓘ
Kensiu language ⓘ
Menriq language ⓘ
linked to: Mendriq language
languageFamily Austroasiatic ⓘ
macroArea Southeast Asia ⓘ
region Kelantan (Malaysia) ⓘ
linked to: Kelantan

Perak (Malaysia) ⓘ
linked to: Perak

northern Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ
spokenBy Jahai people ⓘ
spokenIn Malay Peninsula ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
subfamily Aslian ⓘ
subgroup Northern Aslian ⓘ
threatenedBy language shift to Malay ⓘ
usedBy hunter-gatherer communities ⓘ
usedIn oral storytelling of the Jahai people ⓘ
traditional rituals of the Jahai people ⓘ
wordOrder SVO ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Aslian languages → hasMemberLanguage → Jahai language ⓘ
Lanoh → relatedTo → Jahai language ⓘ
Kintaq language → closelyRelatedTo → Jahai language ⓘ
Mendriq language → relatedTo → Jahai language ⓘ
Orang Asli languages → include → Jahai language ⓘ
Jahai people → language → Jahai language ⓘ