Orang Kanaq
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A language of Malaysia
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Kanaq
Population
Ethnic population: 160 (2008 JHEOA).
Location
Peninsular, eastern Johor State, northeast of Mawai (Kota Tinggi).
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Language Status
8b (Nearly extinct).
Dialects
A member of macrolanguage Malay [msa].
Language Resources
Writing
Unwritten [Qaax].
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).