Endangered Languages Project - Jahai

Jahai

^{[aka Jehai, Pangan, Jehehr]}

Classification: Austro-Asiatic

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Jehai, Pangan, Jehehr, Pangan-Dialekte
CLASSIFICATION		Austro-Asiatic, Aslian, North Aslian, Menraq-Batek
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		jhi
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Jehai Batek The
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Terms which include 'Pangan' tend to refer historically to a wider group of Northern Aslian speaker; they are outdated and derogatory.

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

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000-9,999
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~1,200
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
About 1200 group members, including 1049 in Malaysia.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Close contact and intermarriage between dialects and with adjacent Kensiu, Mendriq and Temiar; speakers accommodate readily to other Aslian languages and dialects.

PLACES: Thailand and Malaysia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Southern Thailand, SW Narathiwat Province; Malaysia, northeastern peninsular, around Belum.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Includes southeastern Batek Teh dialect which is more similar to the rest of Jehai than to the rest of Batek.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,250
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1,843
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The ethnic population is from 2003.

DATE OF INFO: 2006

MORE ON VITALITY

The number of speakers is increasing.

PLACES: Malaysia

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press