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Orang Seletar
Native to Malaysia, Singapore
Ethnicity Orang Seletar
Native speakers
1,200 (2018) [1]
Unwritten
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ors
Glottolog oran1259
ELP Orang Seletar
Orang Seletar is classified as Critically Endangered by the
UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
[2]

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

  1. ^ a b Orang Seletar at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b "Orang Seletar". UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger. UNESCO. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  3. ^ Kruspe (2004), p. 29

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