Batek is an
Aslian language of
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
, spoken by the
Batek people. The
Mintil
Mintil (alternatively Batek Tanum, Tanɨm, or Mayah) is an Aslian language of Malaysia. It is considered to be a variety of the Batek language.
Background
In the late 1960s, Geoffrey Benjamin had come across speakers of Mintil among patients ...
(Batek Tanum), Dèq and Nong dialects may be separate languages. The number of speakers is small and decreasing.
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References
External links
* http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
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http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-66FE-9@view Batek in RWAAI Digital Archive
Languages of Malaysia
Aslian languages
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