Orang Seletar language explained

Orang Seletar
States:Malaysia, Singapore
Ethnicity:Orang Seletar
Speakers:1,200
Date:2018
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Malayic
Fam4:Malay?
Map2:Lang Status 20-CR.svg
Mapcaption2:[1]
Iso3:ors
Glotto:oran1259
Glottorefname:Orang Seletar
Script:Unwritten

Orang Seletar (Slitar) is a language of the Orang Laut of the south coast of the Malay Peninsula. It is very close to Malay, and may be counted as a dialect of that language. The speaking population is unknown, but is likely in the range of a few thousand. The language is considered critically endangered by UNESCO.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Orang Seletar. UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger. UNESCO. en. 2018-04-07.
  2. Web site: Orang Seletar. UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger. UNESCO. en. 2018-04-07.