Mintil (alternativelyBatek Tanum,Tanɨm, orMayah) is anAslian language ofMalaysia. It is considered to be a variety of theBatek language.

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In the late 1960s, Geoffrey Benjamin had come across speakers of Mintil among patients of an Orang Asli hospital at Ulu Gombak, just outsideKuala Lumpur.^[2]

The people are commonly referred to asBatek. There are 400 speakers of Mintil inLipis District,Pahang who call themselvesBatɛik ‘in-group people’,Batɛik Tɔm Tanɨm ‘people of theTanum River’, andBatɛik Mayah[ba'tɛikmay'ãh]. Their villages are:^[1]

• Kampung Sungai Garam (Tɔm Mayɛm) (4° 27’ 12” N, 102° 3’ 20” E; 2.5 km south of Kampung Dada Kering)
• Kampung Bencah Kelubi (Batuˀ Jalaŋ) (4° 38’ 23” N, 101° 58’ 45” E; 4 km east of Kampung Telok Gunong)
• Kampung Paya Keladi (Tɔm Hɨyaŋ) (4° 24’ 18” N, 101° 55’ 27” E; 10 km north of Kampung Chegar Perah)
• Kampung Tɔm Kəlkɔəˀ (4° 34’ 39” N, 101° 59’ 43” E; 2 km north of Kampung Kubang Rusa)

• Batek language

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