ISO 639-3 · jhijhi
Austroasiatic family
Jehai
Jehai is a language of the Jahaic branch (Austroasiatic), spoken in Malaysia and Thailand. Wikidata describes it as “Austroasiatic language spoken in Malaysia and Thailand”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
jhi- Glottocode
jeha1242- Family
- Austroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 13 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Jehai |
|---|---|
| Also called | Jehai language, Jahai language |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austroasiatic to Jehai
The branches above Jehai, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Malaysia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafepanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafejavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalyueYue ChineseSino-Tibetan · 62.2 m2 · Provincial