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Japanese: Semai
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…The Senoy language is usually divided into three dialects, the central (Semai), the northern and the southeastern, but there are large differences between them. The phonology and grammar are Mon-Khmer (Austroasiatic), but many words are borrowed from Malay, and there are also traces of proto-Negrito.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Semai" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…セノイ語Senoicともいう。ふつう中央(セマイSemai方言),北および南東の3方言に分けられるが,その差は大きい。音韻と文法はモン・クメール系(アウストロアジア語族)だが,単語はマレー語からの借用が多く,ほかに原ネグリト語の痕跡も見られる。…

※「Semai」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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