Southern Semai

E791847

Southern Semai is a dialect of the Semai language spoken by the Semai people, an indigenous Orang Asli group in Peninsular Malaysia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Southern Semai canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semai language variety ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
belongsTo Orang Asli languages ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
ethnicGroup Semai people ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Aslian ⓘ
linked to: Aslian languages

Proto-Austroasiatic ⓘ
hasDialectContinuumWith Northern Semai ⓘ
hasGlottocode sema1267 ⓘ
hasISO6393Code sea ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
rich consonant inventory typical of Aslian languages ⓘ
hasTypologicalFeature SVO basic word order ⓘ
analytic morphology ⓘ
isEndangered true ⓘ
isIndigenousLanguageOf Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: West Malaysia
isMinorityLanguageIn Malaysia ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith other Semai dialects ⓘ
isVarietyOfISO6393 sea ⓘ
languageBranch Senoic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Austroasiatic languages ⓘ
linked to: Austroasiatic
languageStatus minority language ⓘ
languageSubfamily Aslian languages ⓘ
linguisticClassification Austroasiatic > Aslian > Senoic > Semai > Southern Semai ⓘ
partOf Semai language ⓘ
region southern Semai areas of Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ
spokenBy Orang Asli ⓘ
Semai people ⓘ
spokenIn Malaysia ⓘ
Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: West Malaysia
subdivisionOf Semai language ⓘ
usedBy indigenous communities in southern Perak and Pahang ⓘ
usedIn traditional Semai oral literature ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Semai language → hasDialects → Southern Semai ⓘ
Semai → hasDialects → Southern Semai ⓘ
Central Semai → closelyRelatedTo → Southern Semai ⓘ