Mah Meri language

Mah Meri
Mah Meri
Besisi, Betise’
Native to	Malaysia
Region	Malay Peninsula
Ethnicity	Mah Meri
Native speakers	3,700 (2008)
Language family	Austroasiatic Aslian Southern Mah Meri; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mhe
Glottolog	besi1244
ELP	Mah Meri

Mah Meri, also known as Besisi, Cellate, Hma’ Btsisi’, Ma’ Betisek, and “Orang Sabat” (pejorative term),^[2] is an Austroasiatic language spoken in the Malay Peninsula. Along with Semaq Beri, Semelai and Temoq, Mah Meri belongs to the Southern Aslian branch of the Aslian languages.^[1] Mah Meri is the only remaining Aslian language spoken in a coastal area (on the coasts of Negeri Sembilan and Selangor) and its speaker population is 3,675 as recorded at the Orang Asli Museum in Gombak.^[1] A dictionary of the Mah Meri language has been compiled by Nicole Kruspe.^[3]^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c Benjamin, Geoffrey (2012). The Aslian languages of Malaysia and Thailand: an assessment. In Stuart McGill & Peter K.Austin (eds) Language Documentation and Description, vol 11. London: SOAS. pp. 136-230
^ "Mah Meri". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
^ "Nicole Kruspe". Lund University Research Portal. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
^ Kruspe, N., & Zainal, A. (2010). A Dictionary of Mah Meri as Spoken at Bukit Bangkong. Oceanic Linguistics Special Publications, (36), Iii-410. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25822793

[Benjamin2012-1] Benjamin, Geoffrey (2012). The Aslian languages of Malaysia and Thailand: an assessment. In Stuart McGill & Peter K.Austin (eds) Language Documentation and Description, vol 11. London: SOAS. pp. 136-230

[EthnoMHE-2] "Mah Meri". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

[3] "Nicole Kruspe". Lund University Research Portal. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

[KruspeDictionary-4] Kruspe, N., & Zainal, A. (2010). A Dictionary of Mah Meri as Spoken at Bukit Bangkong. Oceanic Linguistics Special Publications, (36), Iii-410. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25822793

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