Orang Kanaq language is one of the
Aboriginal Malay languages, grouped under the
Austronesian language family. It is spoken by the Orang Kanaq, one of the 19
Orang Asli
Orang Asli (''lit''. "first people", "native people", "original people", "aborigines people" or "aboriginal people" in Malay) are a heterogeneous indigenous population forming a national minority in Malaysia. They are the oldest inhabitants ...
groups in Peninsular Malaysia.
A variant of
Malay, Orang Kanaq is distinct from the dialects spoken by ethnic
Malays living near them.
All members of the Orang Kanaq tribe understand the language; however, its lexicon has been largely influenced by the Malay language.
See also
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Orang Asli
Orang Asli (''lit''. "first people", "native people", "original people", "aborigines people" or "aboriginal people" in Malay) are a heterogeneous indigenous population forming a national minority in Malaysia. They are the oldest inhabitants ...
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Austronesian Languages
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Malay Languages
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Aboriginal Malay languages
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List of endangered languages in Asia
References
Further reading
*bin Abdul, Omar, 1978. ''The Orang Kanaq of southeastern Johor: a preliminary ethnography'' (No. 7). Social Anthropology Section, School of Comparative Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
*bin Abdul, Omar. 1985. "The Diversified Economy of the Orang Kanaq of Southeastern Johor, Malaysia." ''Contributions to Southeast Asian Ethnography'' 4: 31–74.
Languages of Malaysia
Endangered Austronesian languages
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Malayic languages