Orang Kanaq language

Orang Kanaq language is one of the Aboriginal Malay languages, grouped under the Austronesian language family.[3] It is spoken by the Orang Kanaq, one of the 19 Orang Asli groups in Peninsular Malaysia.

Orang Kanaq
Pronunciation[ˈoraŋ ˈkanaʔ]
Native toMalaysia
Native speakers
80 (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3orn
Glottologoran1258
ELPOrang Kanaq[2]

A variant of Malay, Orang Kanaq is distinct from the dialects spoken by ethnic Malays living near them.[4] All members of the Orang Kanaq tribe understand the language; however, its lexicon has been largely influenced by the Malay language.[1]

See also

References
  1. http://psasir.upm.edu.my/6750/1/UKM_2007_4(1-24).pdf
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Orang Kanaq.
  3. http://www.sorosoro.org/en/austronesian-languages
  4. http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/btlv/article/viewFile/2923/3684

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.


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