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Orang Seletar | |
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Native to | Malaysia, Singapore |
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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