Central Semai

E793666

Central Semai is a major dialect of the Semai language spoken by the Semai indigenous people of Peninsular Malaysia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Central Semai canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semai dialect
dialect
belongsTo Austroasiatic language family
linked to: Austroasiatic
closelyRelatedTo Northern Semai
Southern Semai
continent Asia
country Malaysia
ethnicGroup Semai
hasAncestor Proto-Aslian
linked to: Aslian languages

Proto-Senoic
linked to: Senoic languages
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory
hasTypologicalFeature SVO word order
analytic morphology
isIndigenousLanguageOf Peninsular Malaysia
linked to: West Malaysia
isMajorDialectOf Semai language
languageFamily Austroasiatic languages
linked to: Austroasiatic

Mon–Khmer languages
linked to: Mon-Khmer
partOf Semai language
region central Peninsular Malaysia
script Roman alphabet
linked to: Roman script
spokenBy Semai people
spokenIn Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia
linked to: West Malaysia
status living language
subfamily Aslian languages
subgroup Senoic languages
usedBy indigenous community
usedFor oral communication
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Semai language hasDialects Central Semai
Semai hasDialects Central Semai