Orang Seletar language

Orang Seletar
Orang Seletar
Native to	Malaysia, Singapore
Ethnicity	Orang Seletar
Native speakers	1,200 (2018)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Malayic Malay? Orang Seletar; ; ; ;
Writing system	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

Orang Seletar (Slitar) is a language of the Orang Laut of the south coast of the Malay Peninsula. It is very close to Malay, and may be counted as a dialect of that language. The speaking population is unknown, but is likely in the range of a few thousand. The language is considered critically endangered by UNESCO.

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