Semai language

Semai
engrok Semai
Native toPeninsular Malaysia
Ethnicity60,438 Semai people (2020)[1]
Native speakers
60,438 (2020)[2]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3sea
Glottologsema1266
ELPSemai

Semai (engrok Semai) is a Austroasiatic language of western Malaysia spoken by about 60,438 Semai people. It is one of the few Aslian languages which are not endangered, and even has 2,000 monolingual speakers. It is currently spoken by 3 main groups; the Northern Semai, Central Semai and the Southern Semai.

  1. ^ "Basic Data / Statistics". JAKOA. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. ^ Semai at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) Closed access icon

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