Temuan

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A language of Malaysia

ISO 639-3
tmw
Alternate Names
Benua, Niap
User Population

Ethnic population: 22,700 (2008 JHEOA).

Location

Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Putrajaya, and Selangor states: Kuala Langat and scattered settlements.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic, Malay
Dialects

Beduanda (Biduanda), Belanda (Belana, Belanas, Belandas, Blanda, Landa), Berembun (Birmun), Mantra (Mentera, Mintra), Temuan, Udai. A member of macrolanguage Malay [msa].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Temuan
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Also classified as Malacca group of Austro-Asiatic phylum. Beduanda sometimes considered a separate language. May be a dialect of Malay [zlm].