Jahaic languages

Northern Aslian
Jehaic
Geographic distribution	Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand
Linguistic classification	Austroasiatic Aslian Northern Aslian
Subdivisions	Chewong Eastern Tonga Western
Language codes
Glottolog	nort2682

The Northern Aslian languages (formerly called Jehaic) are a group of Aslian languages spoken by about 5,000 people in inland areas of Peninsular Malaysia, with a few pockets in southern Thailand. The most distinctive language in the group is the outlier Chewong, which is spoken south of the Central Aslian languageSemai. The other languages apart from Tonga can be split into two divisions:

• Cheq Wong
• Northern Aslian proper
  • Eastern
    • Batek (Batek Deq and Batek Nong), Mintil (Batek Tanɨm)
    • Jahai (Jehai), Minriq (Menriq)
    • Jedek
  • Western: Kintaq, Kensiu (Maniq)

(unclassified) Tonga (Mos, Maniq)

The name Maniq (Məniʔ, Maniʔ) can refer to either Kensiu or Tonga, both of which also go by the name of Mos.

Some Aslian languages are already extinct, such as Wila' (also called Bila' or Lowland Semang), which was recorded having been spoken on the Province Wellesley coast opposite Penang in the early 19th century. Another extinct language is Ple-Temer, which was previously spoken near Gerik in northern Perak (Benjamin 2011).

External links

• Benjamin, Geoffrey. 2011. The current situation of the Aslian languages. m.s.
• http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
• http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-66F8-B@view Northern Aslian languages in RWAAI Digital Archive