Orang Kanaq language

Orang Kanaq
Pronunciation	[ˈoraŋ ˈkanaʔ]
Native to	Malaysia
Native speakers	80 (2007)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Malayic Malay? Orang Kanaq
Language codes
ISO 639-3	orn
Glottolog	oran1258
ELP	Orang Kanaq

Orang Kanaq language is one of the Aboriginal Malay languages, grouped under the Austronesian language family.^[2] It is spoken by the Orang Kanaq, one of the 19 Orang Asli groups in Peninsular Malaysia.

A variant of Malay, Orang Kanaq is distinct from the dialects spoken by ethnic Malays living near them.^[3] All members of the Orang Kanaq tribe understand the language; however, its lexicon has been largely influenced by the Malay language.^[1]

See also

• Orang Asli
• Austronesian Languages
• Malay Languages
• Aboriginal Malay languages
• List of endangered languages in Asia

References

1. Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine^{[permanent dead link]}
2. "Austronesian Language Family". Sorosoro.
3. Collins, James T. (1989). "Malay Dialect Research in Malysia: The Issue of Perspective". Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. 145 (2/3): 235–264. doi:10.1163/22134379-90003253. JSTOR 27864031.

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.