Orang Seletar language

Orang Seletar (Slitar) is a language of the Orang Laut of the south coast of the Malay Peninsula.[2] 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 severely endangered by UNESCO.[1]

Orang Seletar
Native toMalaysia, Singapore
EthnicityOrang Seletar
Native speakers
1,500[1]
Unwritten
Language codes
ISO 639-3ors
Glottologoran1259
ELPOrang Seletar

References

  1. "Orang Seletar". UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger. UNESCO. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  2. Orang Seletar language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. Kruspe (2004), p. 29
  • Kruspe, Nicole (2004). A Grammar of Semelai. Cambridge Grammatical Descriptions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81497-9.
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