Kensiu language

Kensiu
Kensiu
Native to	Malaysia, Thailand
Region	Northeast Kedah, near Thai border. Overlaps into south Yala Province, Thailand.
Ethnicity	Maniq
Native speakers	259 (2015)
Language family	Austroasiatic Aslian Jahaic Western Kensiu; ; ; ;
Dialects	Ijoh (Ijok), Jarum, Jeher (Sakai Tanjong of Temongoh), Kedah (Quedah), Plus, Ulu Selama, Kensiu Batu, Kensiu Siong, Kentaq Nakil
Writing system	Latin script, Thai script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kns
Glottolog	kens1248
ELP	Kensiu

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 Mani people or Maniq of Thailand.^[2]

^ "Kensiu". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
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