Orang Seletar language

{{Short description|Language}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Orang Seletar

| nativename =

| states = Malaysia, Singapore

| ethnicity = Orang Seletar

| speakers = 1,200

| date = 2018

| ref = e25

| familycolor = Austronesian

| fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian

| fam3 = Malayic

| fam4 = Malay?

| map2 = Lang Status 20-CR.svg

| mapcaption2 = {{center|{{small|Orang Seletar is classified as Critically Endangered by the
UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger{{Cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/culture/languages-atlas/en/atlasmap/language-id-2282.html|title=Orang Seletar|website=UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger|publisher=UNESCO|language=en|access-date=2018-04-07}}}}}}

| iso3 = ors

| glotto = oran1259

| glottorefname = Orang Seletar

| script = Unwritten

}}

Orang Seletar (Slitar) is a language of the Orang Laut of the south coast of the Malay Peninsula. It is very close to Malay, and may be counted as a dialect of that language.{{harvp|Kruspe|2004|p=29}} The speaking population is unknown, but is likely in the range of a few thousand. The language is considered critically endangered by UNESCO.{{Cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/culture/languages-atlas/en/atlasmap/language-id-2282.html|title=Orang Seletar|website=UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger|publisher=UNESCO|language=en|access-date=2018-04-07}}