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Lexicon

Semnam Lexicon
Semnam lexicon 1270 entries, created in Shoebox/Toolbox The lexicon has been imported and formatted into the online LEXUS lexicon tool: see: http://lux07.mpi.nl/mpi/lexus/lexiconOverview.htm?ID=2c9090a217e55a7c011873ef62984a6c (login required), The DoBeS project ‘Tongues of the Semang: documenting endangered languages and indigenous knowledge among foragers of the Malay Peninsula’ was launched in 2005. The aim of the project is three-fold: 1. to survey the current linguistic situation of the Semang communities, providing an assessment of their relationships and degree of endangerment 2. to document and describe the grammar and lexicon of Lanoh, a highly endangered and so far unstudied language spoken by some 360 Semang in the Perak Valley, Peninsular Malaysia 3. to study and document in-depth aspects of indigenous biological knowledge among the Jahai, a language community of about 1,000 Semang in Perak and Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia, The DoBeS project ‘Tongues of the Semang: documenting endangered languages and indigenous knowledge among foragers of the Malay Peninsula’ was launched in 2005. The aim of the project is three-fold: 1. to survey the current linguistic situation of the Semang communities, providing an assessment of their relationships and degree of endangerment 2. to document and describe the grammar and lexicon of Lanoh, a highly endangered and so far unstudied language spoken by some 360 Semang in the Perak Valley, Peninsular Malaysia 3. to study and document in-depth aspects of indigenous biological knowledge among the Jahai, a language community of about 1,000 Semang in Perak and Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia

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