Jahai language
| Jahai | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Malaysia, a few in Thailand |
| Ethnicity | 1,800 (2008)[1] |
Native speakers | 1,000 in Malaysia (2006)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
jhi |
| Glottolog |
jeha1242[2] |
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. [3]
References
- 1 2 Jahai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Jehai". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Radboud University Nijmegen."Odors expressible in language, as long as you speak right language." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 3 January 2014. .
Further reading
- Burenhult, N. (2005). A grammar of Jahai. Pacific linguistics, 566. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. ISBN 0-85883-554-1
External links
- http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
- http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-6701-4@view Jahai in RWAAI Digital Archive
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