Orang Seletar language

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 severely endangered by UNESCO.[3]

Orang Seletar
Native toMalaysia, Singapore
EthnicityOrang Seletar
Native speakers
1,200 (2018)[1]
Unwritten
Language codes
ISO 639-3ors
Glottologoran1259
ELPOrang Seletar

References

  1. Orang Seletar at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
  2. Kruspe (2004), p. 29
  3. "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.


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