Endangered Languages Project - Semai

Semai

^{[aka Senoi, Sengoi, Sakai]}

Classification: Austro-Asiatic

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Senoi, Sengoi, Sakai, Central Sakai, Central "Sakai", Zentral Sakai
CLASSIFICATION		Austro-Asiatic, Aslian, Central Aslian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		sea
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Jelai Telom Lipis Perak II Perak I Betau Cameron Bil Ulu Kampar Orang Tanjong of Ulu Langat Sungkai Bidor
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “East and Southeast Asia” (349-424) . David Bradley (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Vulnerable

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<29,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
<29,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Nearly 29,000 group members, over 26,000 in traditional areas.

DOMAINS OF USE
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: The Cameron Highlands dialect is used on the radio and is a school language, as well as being the lingua franca of the Aslian military unit in the Malaysian armed forces.

PLACES: Malaysia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Central peninsular, near and south of Cameron Highlands.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Has a very large number of small localised dialects, most with fewer than a thousand speakers, and many extinct dialects further west and south.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
43,900
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
40,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"2,000 monolinguals." Data for the ethnic population was gathered in 2000.

DATE OF INFO: 2003

PLACES: Malaysia

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
18,327
Native speakers worldwide

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