Kensiu language

Kensiu
Native toMalaysia, Thailand
RegionNortheast Kedah, near Thai border. Overlaps into south Yala Province, Thailand.
EthnicityManiq
Native speakers
259 (2015)[1]
DialectsIjoh (Ijok), Jarum, Jeher (Sakai Tanjong of Temongoh), Kedah (Quedah), Plus, Ulu Selama, Kensiu Batu, Kensiu Siong, Kentaq Nakil
Latin script, Thai script, Chinese script[2][3]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kns
Glottologkens1248
ELPKensiu

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 southern Thailand and also reportedly by a community of approximately 300 speakers in Western Malaysia in Perak and Kedah states. Speakers of this language are Negritos who are known as the Maniq people or Mani of Thailand.[4] In Malaysia, they are counted among the Orang Asli.

  1. ^ "Kensiu". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  2. ^ Phaiboon, D. (2005). "Glossary of Aslian Languages: The Northern Aslian Languages of South Thailand" (PDF). Mon-Khmer Studies. 36: 207–224. Archived (PDF) from the original on Jan 6, 2024 – via Southeast Asian Linguistics Archives.
  3. ^ Bishop, N. (1996). "Who's Who in Kensiw? Terms of Reference and Address in Kensiw" (PDF). Mon-Khmer Studies. 26: 245–253. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-12-12 – via Southeast Asian Linguistics Archives.
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