The Southern Aslian languages are a sub-branch of the

Aslian The Aslian languages () are the southernmost branch of Austroasiatic languages spoken on the Malay Peninsula. They are the languages of many of the ''Orang Asli'', the aboriginal inhabitants of the peninsula. The total number of native speakers o ...

branch of the

Austroasiatic The Austroasiatic languages ( ) are a large language family spoken throughout Mainland Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia. These languages are natively spoken by the majority of the population in Vietnam and Cambodia, and by minority popu ...

language family. They have also been referred to as the Semelaic languages, but this label is no longer used. The four languages that make up the branch are: : Semelai, Semaq Beri, Mah Meri (Betise’), and Temoq .Aslian
Sidwell, Paul;

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

; April 2006; Accessed 31 January 2007 These languages are spoken by no more than 10,000 speakers in total. The languages are considered endangered due to social disruption in the area and the dominance of Malay.

References

External links

Mon–Khmer languages at SEAlang
*http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage) * http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-66DD-5@view Southern Aslian languages in RWAAI Digital Archive * Languages of Malaysia {{AustroAsiatic-lang-stub