Mintil language
| Mintil | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Malaysia |
| Region | Pahang |
Native speakers | 180 (2005)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mzt |
| Glottolog | mint1239 |
| ELP | Mintil |
Mintil (alternatively Batek Tanum or Tanɨm) is a possibly extinct aboriginal Mon–Khmer language of Malaya. In the late 1960s, Geoffrey Benjamin had come across speakers of Mintil among patients of an Orang Asli hospital at Ulu Gombak, just outside Kuala Lumpur (Benjamin 2011).[2]
References
- ^ Mintil at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Benjamin, Geoffrey. 2011. The current situation of the Aslian languages. m.s.
