Orang Seletar
PrintA language of Malaysia
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Orang Laut
Population
Population total all countries: 880. Ethnic population: 1,250 (2008 JHEOA).
Location
Peninsular, Johor State, southeast coast around Kukuo, Johore Bahru, east and north. Also in Singapore.
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Language Status
6b (Threatened).
Language Resources
Writing
Unwritten.
May be better considered a dialect of Malay [zlm]. Named after Seletar Island in Singapore from which they were removed in 1986.