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Kensiu (Kensiw) is an
Austroasiatic language of the
Jahaic (Northern Aslian) subbranch. It is
spoken by a
small community of 300
people in Yala Province...
- in
Thailand and
speak a
variety of
related Aslian languages,
primarily Kensiu and Ten'edn,
which do not have
standard writing systems. In Thailand, the...
- and the Proto-Malay (Aboriginal Malay). The
Semang have six sub-groups:
Kensiu, Kintaq, Lanoh, Jahai,
Mendriq and Batek. The
Malaysian federal government...
-
people living in
Thailand and
Malaysia use
Chinese characters to
write the
Kensiu language.
Modern Chinese characters Chữ Nôm
Ambiguities in
Chinese character...
- to
distinguish more than four
heights of true
front or back vowels. The
Kensiu language spoken in
Malaysia and
Thailand is
highly unusual in that it phonemically...
- ISBN 0-203-97876-5 Bishop,
Nancy (1996), "A
preliminary description of
Kensiu (Maniq) phonology" (PDF), Mon–Khmer
Studies Journal, 25 Collins, Beverley;...
- alphabets. It is also used in
Navajo to
represent the
nasal vowel [ẽ] and
Kensiu to
represent the near-close near-front
unrounded vowel [e̝]. In Latin, Irish...
- extinction.
Aslian languages recognized by the
Malaysian administration include Kensiu, Kintaq, Jahai, Minriq, Batek, Cheq Wong, Lanoh, Temiar, Semai, Jah Hut...
- [ɛ], but none of
these languages have
another phonemic mid
front vowel.
Kensiu,
spoken in
Malaysia and Thailand, is
claimed to be
unique in
having true-mid...
- more
common cross-linguistically,
particularly in
European languages).
Kensiu language Jahai at
Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Burenhult...
