Semaq Beri (Semoq Beri) is an
Austroasiatic language
The Austroasiatic languages , , are a large language family in Mainland Southeast Asia and South Asia. These languages are scattered throughout parts of Thailand, Laos, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Nepal, and southern China and are t ...
spoken in the Malay Peninsula in the states of Pahang and Terengganu. It belongs to the
Southern division of the
Aslian
The Aslian languages () are the southernmost branch of Austroasiatic languages spoken on the Malay Peninsula. They are the languages of many of the '' Orang Asli'', the aboriginal inhabitants of the peninsula. The total number of native speakers ...
languages, along with
Semelai,
Temoq, and
Mah Meri. A preliminary description of the Semaq Beri language by Nicole Kruspe was published in 2014.
References
External links
*http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
*
http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-66DE-7@view Semaq Beri in RWAAI Digital Archive
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Languages of Malaysia
Aslian languages