Jah Hut

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ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Jah Het

Population

Ethnic population: 3,760 (2008 JHEOA).

Location

Peninsular, Pahang State, just south of main body of Semai [sea] language area and Kuala Krau.

Language Maps

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

Kerdau, Krau, Ketiar Krau (Tengganu), Kuala Tembeling, Pulau Guai, Ulu Ceres (Cheres), Ulu Tembeling.

Language Use

All ages. All also use Malay [zlm] (Bradley 2007a).

Language Development

Bible portions: 2011.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn], developed in about 2003.