Orang_Kanaq_language

Orang Kanaq language

Orang Kanaq language

Aboriginal Malay language

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.

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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

References

  1. [1]
    Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine[permanent dead link]
  2. [2]
    "Austronesian Language Family". Sorosoro.
  3. [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.


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