ORS ISO 639-3
Orang Seletar
A language of Malaysia
- ISO 639
- ors
- Alternate Names
- Orang Laut
- Population
- Ethnic population: 1,250 (2008 JHEOA). Total users in all countries: 1,200.
- Location:
- Johor: southeast coast, Kukuo area; Johore Bahru, east and north.
- Language Status
- 6b* (Threatened).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic, Malay
- Dialects
- A member of macrolanguage Malay [msa].
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Orang Seletar
- Writing
- Unwritten [Qaax].
- Other Comments
- May be better considered a dialect of Malay [zlm]. Named after Seletar Island in Singapore from which they were removed in 1986.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- North-Eastern Islands district, Johor strait area; scattered elsewhere.
- Language Status
- 8a (Moribund)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Singapore
Language Name
Orang Seletar
User Population
1,200 in Singapore (2018 J. Leclerc).
Map
Location: Johor: southeast coast, Kukuo area; Johore Bahru, east and north.
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