Native to Thailand Ethnicity Urak Lawoi’ ISO 639-3 urk | Region Phuket, Langta islands Native speakers 5,000 (2012) | |
Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
Nuclear MP
Malayo-Sumbawan
Malayic
Urak Lawoi’ | ||
Urak Lawoi’ is an Aboriginal Malay language of southern Thailand.
The Orang (Suku) Laut who live between Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula speak divergent Malayic lects, which bear some intriguing connections to various Sumatran Malay varieties.
References
Urak Lawoi' language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA