Orang Kanaq

A language of Malaysia

ISO 639: orn
Alternate Names: Kanaq
Population: Ethnic population: 160 (2008 JHEOA).
Location:: Johor: east, northeast of Mawai (Kota Tinggi).
Language Status: 8b (Nearly extinct).
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic, Malay
Dialects: A member of macrolanguage Malay [msa].
Language Use: Shifted to Malay [zlm].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Orang Kanaq
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].
Other Comments: May be better considered a dialect of Malay [zlm]. Originally from Sumatra, previously a sea tribe which settled on the land in the mid-19th century (Musa 2011).

Location: Johor: east, northeast of Mawai (Kota Tinggi).