Orang Seletar language
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Language
Orang Seletar | |
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Native to | Malaysia, Singapore |
Ethnicity | Orang Seletar |
Native speakers | 1,200 (2018)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ors |
Glottolog | oran1259 |
ELP | Orang Seletar |
Orang Seletar is classified as Critically Endangered by the [2]UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
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.[3] The speaking population is unknown, but is likely in the range of a few thousand. The language is considered critically endangered by UNESCO.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Orang Seletar at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ a b "Orang Seletar". UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger. UNESCO. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
- ^ Kruspe (2004), p. 29
Sources
[edit]- Kruspe, Nicole (2004). A Grammar of Semelai. Cambridge Grammatical Descriptions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81497-9.
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