ISO 639-3 · szasza
Austroasiatic family
Semelai
Semelai is a language of the Aslian Languages branch (Austroasiatic), spoken in Malaysia. Wikidata describes it as “Austroasiatic language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
sza- Glottocode
seme1247- Family
- Austroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 13 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Semelai |
|---|---|
| Also called | Semelai 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: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austroasiatic to Semelai
The branches above Semelai, 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