- Temuan language
Infobox Language
name=Temuan
nativename=Temuan, Benua, bual Mutan, Niap
states=Malaysia
region=central and southernPeninsular Malaysia
speakers=9,312 (1981 Wurm and Hattori)
familycolor=Austronesian
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
fam3=Nuclear MP
fam4=Sunda-Sulawesi
fam5=Malayic
fam6=Malayan
fam7=Aboriginal Malay [ [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tmw Ethnologue] ]
script =Latin alphabet
nation=
agency=
iso3=tmwThe Temuan language ("Temuan, Benua, bual Mutan, Niap", Malay: "bahasa Temuan") is an Austronesian language spoken by the Temuan
tribe , one of the indigenous ethnic groups ofPeninsular Malaysia in the states ofSelangor ,Pahang ,Johor , andNegeri Sembilan . It has a certain degree ofmutual intelligibility with theMalay language .Footnotes
External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/temuanz/ Temuan Web Page] Orang Asli Temuan Webpage
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