ISO 639-3 · seasea
Austroasiatic family
Semai
Semai is a language of the Senoic branch (Austroasiatic), spoken in Malaysia. Wikidata counts 10,000 first-language speakers (2007).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
sea- Glottocode
sema1266- Family
- Austroasiatic
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 20 language editions
10,000first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Semai |
|---|---|
| Also called | Semai language, sea |
| L1 speakers | 10,000 (2007) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austroasiatic to Semai
The branches above Semai, 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