Mah Meri language

Mah Meri
Besisi, Betise’
Native to	Malaysia
Region	Malacca
Ethnicity	Mah Meri
Native speakers	3,000 (2003)^[1]
Language family	Austroasiatic Aslian Semelaic Mah Meri
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`mhe`
Glottolog	`besi1244`^[2]

Mah Meri, also known as Besisi and Betise’, is an aboriginal Mon–Khmer language spoken in Malaya. It is the only such language spoken on the coast, in Malacca outside the capital Kuala Lumpur. The small number of speakers is increasing. A dictionary of the Mah Meri language has been recently written by Nicole Kruspe.

References

↑ Mah Meri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Besisi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

External links

http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-66E2-7@view Mah Meri in RWAAI Digital Archive
ELAR archive of Mah Meri (and Ceq Wong) language documentation materials

Languages of Malaysia

Main

Official	Malaysian

Recognised	English (Differences)

Significant
minority

Chinese	Sino-Tibetan Cantonese Eastern Min Fuqing Fuzhou Hokkien Mandarin Chinese Malaysian Mandarin Pu-Xian Min Penang Hokkien Southern Peninsular Malaysian Hokkien Yue Chinese

Indian	Dravidian Malayalam Tamil Malaysian Tamil Telugu Indo-European Gujarati Hindi Punjabi Urdu

Families

Creoles

Natives &
Indigenous

Nationwide	Banjar Buginese Javanese Malay (Malayan)

Peninsular Malaysia	Baba Malay Batek Baweanese Cheq Wong Chetty Malay Duano’ Jah Hut Jahai Jakun Kedah Malay Kelantan-Pattani Malay Kenaboi¹ Kensiu Kintaq Kristang Lanoh Mah Meri Minriq Mintil Mos Negeri Sembilan Malay Orang Kanaq Orang Seletar Pahang Malay Perak Malay Rawa Malay Sabüm¹ Semai Semaq Beri Semelai Semnam Southern Thai Temiar Temoq² Temuan Terengganu Malay Wila'¹

East Malaysia	Abai Bahau Bajaw Balau Belait Berawan Biatah Bintulu Bonggi Bookan Bruneian/Kedayan Malay Brunei Bisaya Bukar Sadong Bukitan Coastal Kadazan Cocos Malay Daro-Matu Dumpas Dusun Eastern Kadazan Gana’ Iban Ida'an Iranun Jagoi Jangkang Kajaman Kalabakan Kanowit Kayan Kelabit Kendayan Keningau Murut Kinabatangan Kiput Klias River Kadazan Kota Marudu Talantang Kuijau Lahanan Lelak¹ Lengilu¹ Lotud Lun Bawang Mainstream Kenyah Maranao Melanau Molbog Momogun Murik Kayan Narom Nonukan Tidong Okolod Paluan Papar Punan Batu² Penan Remun Sa'ban Sabah Bisaya Sabah Malay Sama Sarawak Malay Sebop Sebuyau Sekapan Selungai Murut Sembakung Seru¹ Serudung Sian Suluk Sungai Tagol Timugon Tombonuwo Tring Tringgus Tutoh Ukit² Uma’ Lasan

Mixed

Immigrants

Signs

Main	Malaysian Sign Language (Manually Coded Malay)

By states	Penang Sign Language Selangor Sign Language

¹ Extinct languages. ² Nearly extinct languages.

Austroasiatic languages

Bahnaric

North	Jeh Halang Kayong Kaco’ Takua Monom Todrah Sedang Rengao Hrê Duan Katua

West	Lavi Jru' Laven Su' Juk Nyaheun Sapuan Oi Cheng Brao

Central	Alak Tariang Tampuan Bahnar Chrau Koho Stieng Ra’ong Mnong Mel? Khaonh? Thmon?

East	Cua

Angkuic	Hu U Man Met Mok Muak Sa-aak Va Tai Loi

Waic	Blang Lawa Wa Meung Yum Savaiq

Bit-Khang	Bit Quang Lam Kháng Bumang

Mon
Nyah Kur

Aslian

Jahaic	Cheq Wong Batek Jahai Minriq Mintil Kintaq Kensiu Ten'edn Wila'

Senoic	Semai Temiar Lanoh Sabüm Semnam

Jah Hut	Jah Hut

Semelaic	Temoq Semelai Semaq Beri Mah Meri

Nicobaric

Shompen

Munda

North	Korku Korwa Santali Turi Birhor Mundari Ho Koda Kol Asur Birjia Agariya

South	Kharia Juang Gta’ Remo Gutob Gorum Sora Juray Lodhi

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