Orang Seletar (Slitar) is a language of the

Orang Laut The Orang Laut are several seafaring ethnic groups and tribes living around Singapore, peninsular Malaysia and the Indonesian Riau Islands. The Orang Laut are commonly identified as the Orang Seletar from the Straits of Johor, but the term ma ...

of the south coast of the

Malay Peninsula The Malay Peninsula ( Malay: ''Semenanjung Tanah Melayu'') is a peninsula in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The are ...

. 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 severely endangered by UNESCO.

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* Agglutinative languages Languages of Malaysia Languages of Singapore Malay Peninsula Peninsular Malaysia Endangered Austronesian languages {{malayic-lang-stub Malayic languages