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Mah Meri language

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Mah Meri
Besisi, Betise’
Native toMalaysia
RegionMalacca
EthnicityMah Meri
Native speakers
3,000 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mhe
Glottologbesi1244
ELPMah Meri

Mah Meri, also known as Besisi and Betise’, is an aboriginal Mon–Khmer language spoken in Malaya. It is the only such language spoken on the coast, in Malacca outside the capital Kuala Lumpur. The small number of speakers is increasing. A dictionary of the Mah Meri language has been recently written by Nicole Kruspe.

References

  1. ^ Mah Meri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)