Jehai
Jehai is an Austroasiatic language spoken in Thailand and Malaysia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Jahai (Jehai) is an aboriginal Mon–Khmer language spoken by the Jahai people living in the montane rainforests of northern Peninsular Malaysia and southernmost Thailand. It is the largest Northern Aslian language. Though spoken by only a little more than 1,000 people, Jahai does not appear to be in immediate danger of extinction due to the prevalence of Jahai parents passing on the language to their children as their mother tongue.
Jahai has a unique vocabulary for describing odors.
From Wikipedia · Jahai language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Jehai
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | baboʔ | |
| person | m3nra7* | |
| name | k3nmoh* | |
| eye | mit* | |
| ear | 3nteN* | |
| nose | moh* | |
| tooth | hE5* | |
| tongue | l3ntek* | |
| hand | Tyas* | |
| blood | darah* | |
| bone | T37eN* | |
| skin | k3t37* | |
| knee | kaltoN* | |
| breast | Em* | |
| liver | ros* | |
| water | tɔm | |
| fire | os* | |
| sun | kitkto7* | |
| star | p3rloy* | |
| stone | tuNkol* | |
| mountain | T3lmol* | |
| tree | Thu7* | |
| leaf | h3li7* | |
| night | h3rkit* | |
| dog | 3Ti7* | |
| fish | 3k37* | |
| louse | Ti7* | |
| one | nEy* | |
| two | duwa7* | |
| I | yE7* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
Grammar
- MengenAustronesian90% alike
- Eastern BruAustroasiatic89% alike
- ManiqAustroasiatic88% alike
- MansimHatam-Mansim88% alike
- West BerawanAustronesian88% alike
- Phong-KniangAustroasiatic87% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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