Orang Seletar language
| Orang Seletar | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Malaysia, Singapore |
| Ethnicity | Orang Seletar |
Native speakers | 1,200 (2018) |
| 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 | |
Orang Seletar (Slitar) is a language of the Orang Laut 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. The language is considered critically endangered by UNESCO.