Mintil languageMintil is an Aslian language of Malaysia. It is considered to be a variety of the Batek language.BackgroundIn the late 1960s, Geoffrey Benjamin had come across speakers of Mintil among patients of an Orang Asli hospital at Ulu Gombak, just outside Kuala Lumpur.Names and villagesThe people are commonly referred to as Batek. There are 400 speakers of Mintil in Lipis District, Pahang who call themselves Batɛik ‘in-group people’, Batɛik Tɔm Tanɨm ‘people of the Tanum River’, and Batɛik Mayah. Their villages are:Kampung Sungai Garam Kampung Bencah Kelubi Kampung Paya Keladi Kampung Tɔm Kəlkɔəˀ