Cheq Wong language explained
| Cheq Wong |
| Also Known As: | Ceq Wong, Chewong |
| States: | Malaysia |
| Region: | Peninsula Malaysia |
| Speakers: | 460 |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austroasiatic |
| Fam2: | Aslian |
| Fam3: | Jahaic |
| Iso3: | cwg |
| Glotto: | chew1245 |
| Glottorefname: | Chewong |
Cheq Wong (Ceq Wong, Chewong) is an Austroasiatic language spoken in the Malay Peninsula by the Cheq Wong people. It belongs to the Northern subbranch of the Aslian languages. Northern Aslian was labelled Jehaic in the past.
Further reading
- Howell, S. (1982). Chewong myths and legends. Kuala Lumpur: Printed for the Council of the M.B.R.A.S. by Art Printing Works.
- Howell, S. (1984). Society and cosmos: Chewong of peninsular Malaysia. Singapore: Oxford University Press.
- Kruspe, N. (2009). "Loanwords in Ceq Wong, an Austroasiatic language of Peninsular Malaysia". In: Haspelmath, Martin and Uri Tadmor (eds.). Loanwords in the world’s languages: a comparative handbook of lexical borrowing. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 659-685.
- Kruspe, N., N. Burenhult & E. Wnuk. (2014). "Northern Aslian". In: P. Sidwell & M. Jenny (eds.). The Handbook of Austroasiatic languages. Brill Publishers. pp. 419-474.
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