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'.'

Last updated November 01, 2025

Orang Seletar (Slitar) is a language of the Orang Laut 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.^[3] The speaking population is unknown, but is likely in the range of a few thousand. The language is considered critically endangered by UNESCO.^[2]

References

1 2 Orang Seletar at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
1 2 "Orang Seletar". UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger. UNESCO . Retrieved 2018-04-07.
↑ Kruspe (2004) , p. 29

Sources

Kruspe, Nicole (2004). A Grammar of Semelai. Cambridge Grammatical Descriptions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81497-9.

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[e25-1] 1 2 Orang Seletar at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[UNESCO-2] 1 2 "Orang Seletar". UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger. UNESCO . Retrieved 2018-04-07.

[3] Kruspe (2004) , p. 29

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