Batek language

Austroasiatic language spoken in Malaysia
(Redirected from Bateg Deq language)

Batek is an Aslian language of Malaysia, spoken by the Batek people. The Mintil (Batek Tanum), Dèq and Nong dialects may be separate languages. The number of speakers is small and decreasing.

Batek
Native toMalaysia
Ethnicity1,160 Batek people (2008)[1]
Native speakers
1,000 (2006)[1]
Dialects
  • Teq
  • Deq (De’)
  • Iga
  • Nong
Language codes
ISO 639-3btq
Glottologbate1262

References

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 Batek at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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