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Mintil language

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Mintil
Mayah, Tanɨm
Native toMalaysia
RegionLipis District, Pahang
Native speakers
400 (2020)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mzt
Glottologmint1239
ELPMintil

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

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In the late 1960s, Geoffrey Benjamin had come across speakers of Mintil among patients of an Orang Asli hospital at Ulu Gombak, just outside Kuala Lumpur.[2]

Names and villages

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The people are commonly referred to as Batek. There are 400 speakers of Mintil in Lipis District, Pahang who call themselves Batɛik ‘in-group people’, Batɛik Tɔm Tanɨm ‘people of the Tanum River’, and Batɛik Mayah [ba'tɛik may'ãh]. Their villages are:[1]

  • Kampung Sungai Garam (Tɔm Mayɛm) (4° 27’ 12” N, 102° 3’ 20” E; 2.5 km south of Kampung Dada Kering)
  • Kampung Bencah Kelubi (Batuˀ Jalaŋ) (4° 38’ 23” N, 101° 58’ 45” E; 4 km east of Kampung Telok Gunong)
  • Kampung Paya Keladi (Tɔm Hɨyaŋ) (4° 24’ 18” N, 101° 55’ 27” E; 10 km north of Kampung Chegar Perah)
  • Kampung Tɔm Kəlkɔəˀ (4° 34’ 39” N, 101° 59’ 43” E; 2 km north of Kampung Kubang Rusa)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Lim, Teckwyn (2020). "Ethnolinguistic Notes on the Language Endangerment Status of Mintil, an Aslian Language". Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society. 13 (1): i–xiv. hdl:10524/52461.
  2. ^ Benjamin, Geoffrey (2012). "The Aslian languages of Malaysia and Thailand: An Assessment". In Austin, Peter K.; McGill, Stuart (eds.). Language Documentation and Description, Volume 11. London: Endangered Languages Project, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). pp. 136–230.