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500

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East and Southeast Asia
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Native Speakers Worldwide

500

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Thailand and Malaysia

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Location description

Thailand: southern, Betong; Malaysia: northwest peninsular, near Baling.

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Thailand: southern, Betong; Malaysia: northwest peninsular, near Baling.

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Malay, Southern Thai, other Aslian languages

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Close contact and intermarriage between dialects and with adjacent Jehai, Lanoh and Temiar; speakers accommodate readily to other Aslian languages and dialects.

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

65,597

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Year of info

2010

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7.1712,99.7915

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

250-300

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Year of info

2014

Location and Context

Countries

Thailand

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Location description

Banthad mountain range of southern Thailand

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Banthad mountain range of southern Thailand

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Southern Thai

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"Almost all Maniq speakers are fluent in Southern Thai, which they use in contact situations with Thai villagers and forestry officials."

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Native Speakers Worldwide

2,500

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The number of speakers of each language ranges between around 150 (Menriq) and 1,000 (Jahai). Some dialect varieties (especially of Lanoh) are close to extinction.

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300

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Ethnic Population

232

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Population total all countries: 300. Ethnic population: 232 (2003)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Malaysia; Thailand; India

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