Orang Seletar language

Orang Seletar
Orang Seletar
Native to	Malaysia, Singapore
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Malayic Malayan Malay? Orang Seletar; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ors
Glottolog	oran1259
ELP	Orang Seletar

Orang Seletar (Slitar) is a language of sea nomads 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.

References

^ Orang Seletar language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Nicole Kruspe, 2004. A Grammar of Semelai. P. 29.

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[eth-1] Orang Seletar language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Nicole Kruspe, 2004. A Grammar of Semelai. P. 29.

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