Kensiu
Kensiu is an Austroasiatic language spoken in Thailand and Malaysia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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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 Maniq people or Mani of Thailand. In Malaysia, they are counted among the Orang Asli.
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Words in Kensiu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mani7* | |
| name | To7* | |
| eye | met* | |
| ear | 73nteN* | |
| nose | mwoh* | |
| tooth | 5us* | |
| tongue | latik* | |
| hand | Tas* | |
| blood | m3h3m* | |
| bone | 7iyeN* | |
| skin | kat37* | |
| knee | kaltoN* | |
| breast | am* | |
| liver | yos* | |
| water | b3tew* | |
| fire | met7os* | |
| sun | metkato7* | |
| star | bintEN* | |
| stone | batu7* | |
| mountain | T3pa7* | |
| tree | ihu7* | |
| leaf | hali7* | |
| night | hEkut* | |
| dog | e7* | |
| fish | ikan* | |
| louse | Te7* | |
| one | nay* | |
| two | biye* | |
| I | ye7* | |
| you | bo7* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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