Jahai
[également appelé Jehai, Pangan, Jehehr]Classification : Austro-Asiatic
·menacée
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Menacée
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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1,000-9,999
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~1,200
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About 1200 group members, including 1049 in Malaysia.
- AUTRES LANGUES PARLÉES PAR LA COMMUNAUTÉ
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Malay
- COMMENTAIRES SUR LE CONTEXTE DE LA LANGUE
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.
- COMMENTAIRES SUPPLÉMENTAIRES
Includes southeastern Batek Teh dialect which is more similar to the rest of Jehai than to the rest of Batek.