Jedek: a newly discovered Aslian variety of Malaysia

Joanne Yager; Niclas Burenhult

doi:10.1515/lingty-2017-0012

Jedek: a newly discovered Aslian variety of Malaysia

Joanne Yager, Niclas Burenhult

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Abstract

Jedek is a previously unrecognized variety of the Northern Aslian subgroup of the Aslian branch of the Austroasiatic language family. It is spoken by about 280 individuals in the resettlement area of Sungai Rual, near Jeli in Kelantan state, Peninsular Malaysia. The community originally consisted of several bands of foragers along the middle reaches of the Pergau river. Jedek’s distinct status first became known during a linguistic survey carried out in the DOBES project Tongues of the Semang (2005–2011). This article describes the process leading up to its discovery and provides an overview of its typological characteristics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	493-545
Journal	Linguistic Typology
Volume	21
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/lingty-2017-0012
Publication status	Published - 2017 Dec 9

Subject classification (UKÄ)

Specific Languages

Keywords

Undiscovered languages
Jedek
Aslian
Austroasiatic
Grammatical description

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7 Citations
1 Doctoral Thesis (compilation)

Small-scale multilingualism and language contact in egalitarian foragers
Yager, J., 2020 Jan 8, Lund University. 244 p.
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Dig-AAA: Digital Multimedia Archive of Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage Phase II: Seeding Multidisciplinary Workspaces
Burenhult, N., Kruspe, N., Larsson, J., Lundström, H., Svantesson, J., Frid, J., Yager, J., Karlsson, A. & Ravn, K.
2018/03/01 → 2021/12/31
Project: Research
LANG-KEY: Language as key to perceptual diversity: an interdisciplinary approach to the senses
Burenhult, N., Majid, A., van Putten, S., Purves, R., Rothstein, M., Sercombe, P., Larsson, J., Yager, J. & Garcia, A.
The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation: Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Science Research
2016/03/01 → 2021/12/31
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Jedek: a newly discovered Aslian variety of Malaysia

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Small-scale multilingualism and language contact in egalitarian foragers

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Dig-AAA: Digital Multimedia Archive of Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage Phase II: Seeding Multidisciplinary Workspaces

LANG-KEY: Language as key to perceptual diversity: an interdisciplinary approach to the senses

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Lund University Humanities Lab

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