| States | Malaysia, Singapore |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Orang Seletar |
| Speakers | 1,200 |
| Date | 2018 |
| Ref | e25 |
| Familycolor | Austronesian |
| Fam 2 | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam 3 | Malayic |
| Fam 4 | Malay? |
| Iso 3 | 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.[1] It is very close to Malay, and may be counted as a dialect of that language.[2] The speaking population is unknown, but is likely in the range of a few thousand. The language is considered critically endangered by UNESCO.[3]
References
- ^ e25
- ^ (Kruspe 2004, p. 29)
- ^ "Orang Seletar". UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger. UNESCO. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
Sources
- Kruspe, Nicole (2004). A Grammar of Semelai. Cambridge Grammatical Descriptions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81497-9.