Kensiu | |
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Native to | Malaysia, Thailand |
Region | Northeast Kedah, near Thai border. Overlaps into south Yala Province, Thailand. |
Ethnicity | Maniq |
Native speakers | 259 (2015)[1] |
Dialects | Ijoh (Ijok), Jarum, Jeher (Sakai Tanjong of Temongoh), Kedah (Quedah), Plus, Ulu Selama, Kensiu Batu, Kensiu Siong, Kentaq Nakil |
Latin script, Thai script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kns |
Glottolog | kens1248 |
ELP | Kensiu |
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 Mani people or Maniq of Thailand.[2]