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Orang Seletar language

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Native to
  
Malaysia, Singapore

Glottolog
  
oran1259

ISO 639-3
  
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Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Malayic Malayan Malay? Orang Seletar

Orang Seletar (Slitar) is a language of sea nomads of the south coast of the Malay Peninsula. It is very close to Malay, and may be counted as a dialect of that language. The speaking population is unknown, but is likely in the range of a few thousand.

References

Orang Seletar language Wikipedia