Orang Kanaq

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A language of Malaysia

ISO 639-3
orn
Alternate Names
Kanaq
User Population

Ethnic population: 160 (2008 JHEOA).

Location

Johor: east, northeast of Mawai (Kota Tinggi).

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic, Malay
Dialects

A member of macrolanguage Malay [msa].

Language Use

Shifted to Malay [zlm].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Orang Kanaq
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

May be better considered a dialect of Malay [zlm]. Originally from Sumatra, previously a sea tribe which settled on the land in the mid-19th century (Musa 2011).